Hope is a good thing, perhaps the best of things. While SEPTA withdrew the PCC-IIs from service and that the Route 15 will have bus operation only indefinitely, concurrently construction seems to ... (more)

Just looking for more views. As Norfolk Southern 66X heads from Chicago, IL to Reybold, DE with a load of crude oil on April 14, 2019, the Pennsylvania Railroad signals at Automatic 225 in Tipoton... (more)

On a dark and foggy evening there are no trains coming because the signals say so.

Photographed from the eastbound Broadway Limited, this is Thorn Block Station at MP35 west of Philadelphia on the former Pennsylvania Railroad mainline. Thorn was an example of the importance PRR ... (more)

A westbound freight train waits to cross over state highway 55 on a cool misty fall night.

The annual NYS&W edition of Operation Toy Train makes its scheduled stop at Pompton Lakes train station in the center of town. Lines of local residents, U.S. Marines and OTT volunteers help in the... (more)

The semaphore signals at Chapelle, New Mexico will soon go into action for a late westbound Amtrak Southwest Chief.

Who needs an engine? Sometimes its nice to get a little creative with the rest of the train! On Sunday, June 9, 2019, Norfolk Southern Corp intermodal trains 23M and 20Q pass under the signal brid... (more)

Santa Fe's classic signals stand guard at the west Summit on Cajon Pass.

The beautiful Montgomery Station. Built in 1898 by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, this station is now used as office space, a Montgomery Area Visitor Center, and a restaurant. In 1973 it w... (more)

With three step applied, the conductor on mine run C660 removes the EOT, before running the power around an empty train to be loaded at the Spurlock loadout near Printer, Kentucky.

Five Southern Pacific Flangers and Cotton Belt 86 bring up the rear of a westbound manifest train entering the SP Roseville Yard.

Sunset on the route of the Sunset Limited, the Huey P. Long Bridge.

At the turn of the 20th Century, Chattanooga found itself playing a critical role in connecting the north with the south. By 1906 Chattanooga felt the need for a consolidated terminal as its two e... (more)