Power for coal train coming up from the south.

The Cape Cod Canal Bridge at Buzzards Bay was built in 1933 with what you could call government bail out money. It still stands tall as a monument to railroading on the Cape. The train in this pic... (more)

Dust is around us all of the time. Sometimes there is too much. Consider this westbound Canadian Natiional freight running fast on a right of way of freshly cleaned ballast. You can see why you mi... (more)

Chesie System had been infiltrating the the Baltimore and Ohio for several years when I took this picture of a long cut of empty hoppers heading to the coal fields south of Philipi.

I stood on the route 50 bridge for several hours. Then snow fluries moved in and my feet started to freeze. Another great coal job from Grafton showed up with F unit and GP-9. I grabed the shot an... (more)

Someone had clipped the wings of the eagle on the front of all of the MEC U boats. Crews drew them back in with a magic marker. The transition from Maine Central to Guilford was riddled with probl... (more)

The green grass and blue sky set off the newly painted Alco RS-2. It was as if the railroad was welcoming me to the Northeast kingdom as I made a stopoff on my way to Canada to visit My aunt. Thi... (more)

The new Amtrak running with handed down Penn Central power

Tehachapi Summer. From miles away I hear it coming, nearer ever so nearer. Sound escalating than softening, running through heat rising. It runs by me with whining turbochargers and barking exhaus... (more)

Patriots train turning on the Walpole wye.

Brakeman is ready to scoop train orders for the run to Selkirk.

Once in a while, one of the big Alcos would get loose from the Midwest and grace us with its presence on the Selkirk to Boston runs. Penn Central 6330 was the flagship of the Century 636 fleet. T... (more)