A westbound CSX local rolls along the CSX Garrett Sub at Walkerton in northern Indiana. The train has just past the aging tower that once protected 3 railroad crossings here. The b&O crossed the N... (more)

Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway 3442 West passes the Wabash Railroad Depot and Model Train Museum, crosssing the former Wabash Chicago to Bement, Illinois rofway. and Steve Smedley photo

NS 20K glides through Altoona past Alto tower with the Illinois Terminal heritage unit on point. The sun has just peeked over the surrounding mountains and a coat of snow lingers from a previous ... (more)

GTW OLS GP38-2 5856 passes Homewood Tower as it works a pulldown.

Wishing you a happy New Year with a shot from the last seconds of 2017!

UP 4026 South accelerates past Tower 55 on Main 2 as it heads for the Midlothian Sub.

IC SD70 1029 leads M371 south past Homewood tower.

SOO 779 rumbles the cligedi clag Ash Xing

Painted in Mid-December, but with the nose logo recently applied, Metra's Rock Island Heritage locomotive departs Chicago. The unit is painted and named in honor of retiring CEO Don Orenso, who b... (more)

Nassau Tower sits along side the main line, switching tracks and dispatching trains on the line. In a few years, this tower will no longer be here since the LIRR is going ahead with plans to add a... (more)

Still in black widow paint working Newhall yard

Yet another book-ended set passes BJ Tower at Rutherford, NJ. This time, NJTR 4204 brings up the rear of train 1149 on a chilly November morning.

Long Island Rail Road's Holiday Express pulls into Babylon Station. This is the second year LIRR is hosting this winter special, however, it's the first year they're running two trains; one from R... (more)

A Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range SD18 switches Dock 6 late in the afternoon of October 20, 1985, framed by Dock 5 and a boarded up Jenswold Street Tower at Duluth, Minnesota. Thanks to Dave Schauer ... (more)

CTA Santa train arrives at Clark-Lake station coming off the Ravenswood(Brown) Line, now an Midway(Orange) Line train.