K.W. "Kenny" James, a veteran Pennsy engineer, prepares to grab orders for a St. Louis-bound freight at the crossroads of the Pennsy and Illinois Central.

The tracks on First Street were among the oldest in Michigan - the right-of-way of the Southern Michigan Railroad chartered by the state in 1837.

Conrail steel train WDBH heads west at Pinola, Indiana, on March 16, 1991. Pulling the train is a pair of EMD GP15-1s, led by No. 1676.

Westbound CSXT freight train with Tropicana orange juice cars led by Conrail power crossing the Thomas Viaduct over the Patapsco River at Relay, Maryland, on April 5, 1990. Photograph by more)

A westbound MP hotshot with a mix of power was near Pecos, TX

One of my favorite morning locations to set up the tripod and the old war body Nikon F3HP was the east portal of the State Line Tunnel. Patience was eventually rewarded with the gleeful sound of... (more)

Conrail 6285 with a special United Way banner leads a pair of consecutively numbered SD40-2's helpers returning light back into Cresson

A mix of CR & NS power lead BUAL at CP ROSS on a brilliant fall morning. CR blue always looked great in fall foliage.

A grouping units is entering Conway Yard after running light from Altoona.

The SD80Macs were not common visitors to the River Line so it was a nice surprise to get a pair on point of a lite engine move. The crew is approaching Kingston NY as they soar 150 feet above th... (more)

Three sparkling clean Conrail units round the scenic curve at MP-164 in the Taconic Hills. The morning hotshot is just east of the State Line Tunnels and will be approaching the state line into... (more)

I always had a soft spot for Chatham Village during the "blue boat" Conrail days on the Boston Line. This was one of those magical windy fall mornings when everything fell together. The "NE" w... (more)

In what looks like an intermodal is actually the freight "SE-AL"(Selkirk Yard to NS/ Allentown Pa) with some headend hot trailers as it soars over the half frozen Catskill Creek. Conrail blue wa... (more)

This Conrail "tri-light" signal displays a clear signal on the main at MP 62 on the Norfolk Southern Lurgan Branch. Train 203 is rounding the corner, lighting up the signal and roadway bridge in t... (more)

A Helper unit waiting its next run form Pittsburgh to Altoona.