The leading edge of a significant winter storm has reached Durham and the flakes are flying as the eastbound Piedmont departs the station toward Raleigh. In the background is the new Durham Perfor... (more)

A school bus pulls up to the crossing just as NS local P07 activates the lights and bells.

The sign reading "Sun Mountain Weaving" is in relatively good shape, but the trees growing out of the walkway in front of the dilapidated building speak to a long period of inactivity. Behind it, ... (more)

Two of the most common components of the American skyline, silhouetted against a misty sky. By next week the rails to Duke will be torn up, these crossing lights will be gone, and another small pi... (more)

10 months ago, Duke's steam generation plant stopped receiving coal by train, and the last few hundred feet of rail were removed to make way for expansion of the hospital. Now, the rest of the spu... (more)

10 months ago, Duke's steam generation plant stopped receiving coal by train, and the last few hundred feet of rail were removed to make way for expansion of the hospital. Now, the rest of the spu... (more)

Passing a mini-orchard on the way to Carrboro

Burlington Local P07 trundles across one of several grade crossings on the line to Carrboro protected only with the classic crossbucks.

This is Piedmont North Carolina branch line railroading - Burlington Local P07 passes by the giant sign for the Farm House Restaurant, a rustic steak house in the woods north of Chapel Hill. Direc... (more)

On a frigid January day, Strasburg's 4-8-0 #475 drifts through the snow-covered PA countryside. The ex-N&W steamer is making a special plow run to clear some large drifts off the line.

In one of the most unique scenes you could find in 1995 American railroading, custom electric wide-gauge ore transfer cars cruise through the Bethlehem Steel plant on the elevated line. Unfortunat... (more)

A bright red CP SD40-2 is on the point of a south/eastbound Susquehanna train heading through the fall colors of northern NJ. Behind the CP you can see one of the Susquehanna's F45s.

NYSW E9 #2400 leads a fall excursion on the return trip from Warwick, NY to North Bergen, NJ.

Looking down from the the coaling tower, we see #17 preparing the morning photo freight while numerous other railfans look on.

#14 is in the lead of a photo freight passing the Runk Rd bridge (with numerous railfans on the other embankment) during the Fall Spectacular weekend. I remember my brother and I killing a lot of ... (more)