Dusk sets in and a northbound *railroad east* begins it's crossing of the Yellow Breeches Creek east of Boiling Springs, PA on the ex two track main of the Reading Railroad.

Following the Columbia River east out Portland, this manifest leaves the day behind.

Travel back in time as a Norfolk and Western train slowly arrives to make a station stop at Boyce, VA. Fast forward to October 2012 and witness what seems like a ghost train arriving just in time ... (more)

Northbound manifest 12R stirs the quietness at Boyce, VA as it races around the bend and illuminates the heavy moisture in the air and the old Norfolk and Western Station now used as a Railway Mai... (more)

The Glacier Discovery in the station Anchorage in the eveningsun

A green light at West Truckee lights up the steel rail for an eastbound QFRNPP that stalled on the hill.

Follow the dotted line - FRED brings up the rear of a pre-dawn freight.

With rolling stock made up largely of former Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes, this Maine two footer operates around the shoreline of downtown Portland for one and a half miles almost hourly. The tr... (more)

On a perfect fall morning, eastbound Q368 descends around the "other" horseshoe curve in the Allegheny Mountains of PA. A CD with large-file aerials showing Sand Patch grade from Brook Tunnel to ... (more)

It's after 3am and the dark clear sky sets as the backdrop to the Norfolk and Western CPL signal at Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia as temperature reach below freezing for the first time of the... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western's rerouting of its mainline bypassing the big Thistle landslide is well underway on June 15, 1983. The 3009 ft. tunnel under Billy's Mountain is nearing completion with... (more)

One of the responsibilities of a Tower Operator was to inspect passing trains. On a steamy July 23, 2000, CSX Operator Paul Swain, pad and pencil in hand, was inspecting an empty hopper train as ... (more)

The CPL signals at Doe Gully, WV stand guard as a westbound freight approaches on April 10, 2004. Although the grades on the Magnolia Cut Off are mild, the westward signal at Doe Gully did rate "... (more)

Westbound BNSF passes the Nevada Northern's small yard at Shafter, NV.

An aerial shot of Mojave, CA. The UP Mojave sub can be seen coming down from the mountains into its namesake town. Also visible on the right are several aircraft from the Mojave aircraft boneyard.... (more)