WMSR conductor and B&O veteran Richard Markle climbs back aboard his mobile office during a photo charter on November 9th, 2009. Sadly, Mr. Markle passed on early on the morning of January 4th, 2... (more)

After working an eight-hour day and in the midst of what would become a nine-hour drive to Pennsylvania, I needed a break from the endless miles of Interstate. The D-L obliged with several units ... (more)

Among New England roads, the New Haven was best-known for coastal trackage, but the B&M's Eastern Route hugs the coastline for most of its length as well, as demonstrated by MBTA 2156 crossing Che... (more)

In a remote corner of Virginia, N&W's branch line local returns toward Abingdon, its day nearly done. Trains And Troops weekend at the Strasburg Railroad, immediately east of the shop.

Once a busy junction on the New Haven's Inland Route, Medfield Junction could at one time boast double track, an at-grade crossing, an open station, and interstate passenger service to Hartford. ... (more)

My first decent pan shot, at 1/13th sec.

Mountain Thunder lives up to her nickname as she makes a spectacular entrance into Maryland, crossing the Potomac from West Virginia.

7312 rests in the shop, torn down for extensive running gear work, with her drivers just ahead of her. Better be careful when taking the shop tour - those driving wheels are very well-balanced an... (more)

925 leans into the superelevated curve at Christiana as she blows by the old PRR freight house at speed with train 664.

The organized night photo session has become a staple of Railfan Weekend at the Conway Scenic. The night before, however, I held my own little "disorganized" night photo session. A couple of my ... (more)

On a cloudy night in Worcester, P&W 3001 sits under the yard lights, while the sounds of a nearby Friday night football game fill the air.

EMD built only thirteen NW5s, not all of which survive. Southern Railway's single example still sees occasional revenue service in an unlikely place in central Massachusetts.

Amid the bright colors of October in western Massachusetts, MOED waits to get into the yard. EDMO's crew would finally bring it in later that afternoon before starting to put their own train toge... (more)