A Conrail interlocking tower scene from 1983 at Willow Creek in Portage Indiana. A few decades ago the B&O, NYC Michigan Central, and Wabash 4th District crossed here. Currently this busy junction... (more)

Way, way up in the CN Tower we look down to see the half hour westbound go train approaching Union Station on track three.

"HARPERS FERRY STATION"
The historic wood-frame depot, which was designed in 1894 by architect E. Francis Baldwin for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O). Baldwin, a Baltimor... (more)

Looking westbound down the TP&W rails, we see the fixed semaphore acting as a distant signal guarding the diamond with the SPCSL on another hazy summer evening due to the wildfires out west.

The signals guarding Ashley Junction are seeing some of their last days, as they will be replaced in the next few months. These are one of the few ACL bridges left on the CSX system.

An empty grainer rolls through the second half of a large S curve on the Stampede Sub on beautiful fall evening. From Day In North America 2014 .

Here we have a personal favorite of mine, which was captured earlier this year. On the evening of a lunar eclipse, a pair of semaphore signals stand tall as a full moon rises in the distance. Loca... (more)

Before a truck can be rebuilt, it must first be taken apart, as these men are doing in the truck shop at Union Pacific’s Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015.

As freight cars roll over the north track at East Hump, a track gang works on south track on May 3, 2011. Union Pacific’s massive North Platte Yard in Nebraska is always busy and has to keep mov... (more)

In the boiler shop at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, is a welder (boilermaker by trade) carefully repairing a snow plow on May 19, 2015.

"Photo Line: Open 'em" The commands of Fred Jones and John Tully, the photographers who supplied the light, to open the shutters. The photo session was held at the end of "Railfans' ... (more)

"CLEAR"
A northbound is lit to proceed at Summit on the former Norfolk and Western H Line in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. For this and other photos please visit my sit... (more)

Highball Hinsdale.

"BENTONVILLE NIGHTS"
The stillness in the middle of the night is deafening along the floor of the famous Shenandoah Valley. The roar of bugs chirping or local wildlife calling out can ... (more)

A new wheelset manufactured by Progressive Rail Services in Jackson, S.C. will keep this TTX container car rolling smoothly for many more miles. While wearing off the light coat of rust, that mak... (more)