As viewed from the Bortmobile on a rainy day, a Chicago-bound North Line train roars away from a station stop at Lake Forest.

The fearsome countenance of a METRA MP36PH-3S unit faces the camera as it grooves a crossover at Rondout with a northbound off-peak train. One must develop an acquired taste for the looks of these... (more)

This is the waiting room at Lake Forest, as Metra patrons await the arrival of a mid-day off-peak commuter train to Chicago. The restored depot is a classic structure, right out of history.

A Metra patron purchases a ticket the old-fashioned way on the ex-C&NW North Line at Lake Forest, IL.

Chicago & Northwestern's original "400" didn't stop here, but the well-polished double track main is still busy with passenger trains. And, consistent with C&NW practice, it's left-hand running, A... (more)

Chicago & Northwestern's original "400" didn't stop here, but the well-polished double track main is still busy with passenger trains. And, consistent with C&NW practice, it's left-hand running, A... (more)

"Roaring Through Rondout" Well...this scene isn't exactly reminiscent of Gil Reid's famous painting of a Class A Atlantic pulling the southbound Hiawatha (this train is northbound), but the locati... (more)

Late in the evening, a westbound NS empty hopper train eases downgrade through the big horseshoe curve at East Stone Gap, VA, en route to Andover.

When it was first built in 1961, Santa Fe GP20 was a fleet-footed, turbocharged queen of the ATSF's transcon freights. Today, it seldom gets to run over 20 MPH as it works for the former Sierra Ra... (more)

A westbound A&C train is on the "outskirts" of remote Cadiz, CA, where the train will meet the Santa Fe's Cadiz Turn out of Barstow. The line was once part of the Santa Fe, but was spun-off as a r... (more)

Railroad photography has changed dramatically from the days of film technology. A good case in point is this pan shot, taken with a Nikon FE2 and Kodachrome 64 transparency film. If I had my curre... (more)

An eastbound through freight from Knoxville to Roanoke takes the siding at Kite, just west of Bulls Gap. Ahead is a meet with a westbound double stacker, already bearing down on the "Gap" from the... (more)

Southern 4501 and two EMD assistants roll westward through the Town of Gate City, VA on an all-day round trip excursion from Kingsport, TN to Appalachia, VA and back.

A typical monster SP drag has powered its way up and round Tehachapi Loop, and now the head end is moments away from diving into Tunnel 10 above Waylong. Southern Pacific's power was notoriously f... (more)

The eastbound "Cans" eases up Tehachapi at the west end of the siding at Marcel. At the time, SP crews were improving tunnel clearances to accommodate double stacks.