Engineer John Tyson smiles at some friends after bringing Nevada Northern 4-6-0 No. 40 to the East Ely depot on the afternoon of February 3, 2006.

As the full moon rises, the classic search light signals at Iron Jct. are still illuminated protecting the CN Missabe Subdivision's Main 1 and 2 and the east leg of the wye to the CN Iron Range Su... (more)

It's the end of the line for this GTW auto parts box car, deemed too costly to fix due to damage, wear and tear. Meanwhile wheel sets and trucks from a previous bad order car that has been cut up ... (more)

On a blistering July 24, 2009, and after the passage of Tie North 9068 tie gang at milepost 372 west of Julesburg, Colorado, a sun kink developed in the hot afternoon sun. This is not uncommon on ... (more)

Under a star filled night, the westbound absolute signals at Crawford are all red. Traffic is somewhat quiet in the early morning hours here. This is the north end of a short single track section ... (more)

Ring Haw is a Hunslet saddle tank, built in Leeds in 1940 for use at Nassington Ironstone Quarries, which were situated just three miles to the west of Wansford. The locomotive was used for haulin... (more)

The crew of Hunslet 0-6-0 saddle tank, Ring Haw, are a little late in turning off the tap while watering the loco at Peterborough, on the Nene Valley Railway

If you were planning on getting any of the ex-CB&Q search light signals along the Aurora Sub, then I would make your plans now. The BNSF is installing CTC to the double track ABS section from LaCr... (more)

A set of three signals guarding a section of track on the southern end of BNSF's Orin Subdivision stand tall as a line of threatening storm clouds pass overhead.

An unused switcher. This switcher is an MLW S-3 built for Bathurst Power & Paper in 1953 which Ivaco Rolling Mills acquired in 1999; The cab was rebuilt at some point. It clearly has not be... (more)

The Central of New Jersey's 1894 Elizabeth Station. This station was once host to CNJ, Reading and B&O trains, saw its last train on August 6, 1978. It survives today, restored, and is currently ... (more)

Tennessee Pass Line under a full moon nearly 18 years after the last revenue train traversed the line in 1997.

Signals around the country keep falling for upgrades to the signal systems for the PTC system due to start by the end of 2015. That means lots of character and history is being torn down at a rapi... (more)

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A pre-Halloween blizzard in Colorado finds a westbound hi-rail inspecting Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision west of Clay on October 23, 2006. The crew will soon be stopping at Blue Mount... (more)