A pretty conventional wedgie of a train in the snow. Perhaps it is the in your face contrast of the big bright engine nose against the gray background that appeals to me. And it IS BCRail, one o... (more)

Dave Gross sponsored his seventh annual "final" charter on the D&S this week. On Monday the weather was overcast and raining lightly, and the 473 had a major steam leak. But the combination prod... (more)

While traveling on Route 66 the generator on my 52 Ford failed and we spent an unexpected day in Flagstaff getting it repaired. That provided time for a quick early morning visit to the SWLM log ... (more)

When the U. S. Navy arranged for me to make a brief visit to Sasebo, Japan, not only was I able to buy my first Nikon camera at the Navy Exchange, but I was surprised to find the JNR to be 100 per... (more)

The NWP (SP) Budd car heads south from Eureka to Willits on its tri-weekly roundtrip through the scenic Eel River canyon.

MR 34 leads the 29 climbing the grade out of Mount Shasta city where the McCloud connected with the SP. No. 34 is ex-SP 5253 and appears to still have its SP train number indicators showing it as... (more)

The 488 has helped a long freight up the hill from Antonito, and now waits to drift down the 4 percent to Chama.

A northbound train stops at Great Lakes depot. This is a highly cropped version of a broader scene, which explains the grain. But I like the cropped version because it highlights the people, and t... (more)

The part of the GyQ between Duran and Yaguachi is hardly the scenic part of the railroad, but Baldwin class of 1900 No. 11 and its matching train certainly provide some color. The boxcars have be... (more)

I arrived at Harriman just as the train arrived and this was a real grab shot. But it has a dramatic quality that perhaps offsets the considerable technical faults. I had taken a previous shot ar... (more)

A long eastbound train rounds Tanglefoot curve east of Cumbres. Tanglefoot may or may not have been a term used by the railroaders, it does not appear in any timetables or special instructions, bu... (more)

A southbound Eureka Southern freight pokes its nose out of the Island Mountain tunnel. It is interesting to consider that during the Christmas 1964 floods the water rose to just below these bridg... (more)

The FES had these home-built motor cars that, with apologies to the RGS, we dubbed "Galloping Bananas". The real name for the cars was "Bala de Plata"....Silver Bullet. I am told they had Mercur... (more)

I was dithering trying to figure how best to take advantage of the dying light, and Joel said "forget the train, look at the SKY".

You gotta have a caboose. And you want to get home. Given such a challenge railroaders can be very creative. Their regular caboose was bad ordered in Chama, and there was no spare. So rather t... (more)