Local freight slows for grade crossing. Brakeman stands on front to observe the condition of flangeways. This is the first train on the line since the accumulation of much snow and ice.
A professional photographer viewed many of my photographs and suggested that I should allow the image to blur to show action. He could not understand that most railfans prefer sharp images of movi... (more)
Three trains at once. SEFR from Selkirk on the left droping General Motors cut. in the middle BOSE headed for Selkirk with a a long train. Way on the right, power for Middleboro freight waiting fo... (more)
A detector stops our train in the middle of nowhere. The crew has to walk the full length of the train becasue the wheel indicated by the detector showed no problems. I got off my sleeping car and... (more)