A local visitor eyes both directions of track as Strasburg Rail Road #90 approaches from the east in the early morning hours of October 18, 2020. This photo was taken as part of the SRC's 60th ann... (more)

A local commuter in his Cadillac pauses at the Verdant View Farm crossing as Strasburg Rail Road decapod #90 speeds by on the morning of October 18, 2020. Built in 1924 for the Great Western Rail... (more)

October 17, 2020. Last run of Nevada Northern Railway's Locomotive # 40 before she is taken out of service for her 1472 rebuild. Locomotive # 40 is seen here roaring through Lane City, Nevada. Inc... (more)

In November 1984, UP Big Boy 4012 was relocated from Bellows Falls, VT to Steamtown in Scranton, PA. The photographers in the foreground of this picture were standing on the D&H Penn Division brid... (more)

An eastbound auto train drops into Angell as the sun sets over in Northern Arizona on the Seligman Sub.

The rear end device on the tail of a westbound train lights up as the sun sets over Angell in Northern Arizona on the Seligman Sub. We got an eastbound 3 minutes after the sun dipped below the hor... (more)

Just before sunset, priority mixed freight from Spokane, Washington to Northtown Yard in Minneapolis passes high above Lake Ashtabula behind a nice poker hand of 3 ACes.

Cass Shay #6 powers the now once daily excursion up to Bald Knob. Engineer Kenny Queen monitors progress as the cab is lit up from the open firebox doors. After several days of rain it was nice to... (more)

A second opportunity of mine to create a "like father, like son" photo op. This time with a scale model of the Reading and Northern Pacific Class locomotive.

The old Farmers Co-op Association elevator on the northside of Chariton doesn't sound long for the world. Guy at the feedmill next door said the elevator is privately owned now and plans are to t... (more)

CSX coal loads utilizing NS trackage on the NS Mon Line run north along the street trackage in West Brownsville, PA.

NS 340 has just finished pounding the NS/ABS interlocking in Tuscaloosa as its DPU, a no longer grey KCS SD70ACe, shoves hard in preparation to climb the hill a few miles away. A junkyard adjacent... (more)

First Light at Dale Junction

Within moments after the sun rises over Sherman Hill my vantage point on the East Sherman Granite allows the sun to dance with the Overland Route... (more)

Fall Splendor at the Water Tank

D&RGW 489 is taking water on a brilliant Fall sunrise in Chama, NM.

As seen from the comfort of my drivers seat, an NS mine run prepares to load a unit train at the Cub Creek loadout near Gilbert, West Virginia.