Small railroad, really big bridge, part II. Two Franklin Industrial Minerals B23-7's have the morning train in tow for the Norfolk Southern interchange in Rockwood. Getting to this spot involved a... (more)
Small railroad, really big bridge. Two Franklin Industrial Minerals B23-7's have a rock train headed downhill across Piney Creek in Westel, Tennessee.
Two high-nose hammerhead B23-7's are busy assembling the morning train for owner Franklin Industrial Minerals.
Don't fall in the chemical pond! Two high-nose hammerhead B23-7's are busy assembling the morning train for owner Franklin Industrial Minerals.
A tattered and worn pair of SD45's have a string of ore jennies in tow over the Escanaba River in Wells, Michigan. That latticework bridge is a hallmark of former CNW lines. Interestingly, it is a... (more)
A stack train winds its way through New Mexico's Abo Canyon. BNSF is currently working on a project to double-track this line.
A pile driver is hard at work smoking up the neighborhood on BNSF's racetrack. The pile driver was driving in a retaining wall for an underground pedestrian walkway. The noise it made reverberated... (more)
An afternoon commuter train heads out of LaSalle Street Station on a humid summer day in Chicago.
How many active lines still have active tell-tales on them? Washington County Railroad GP38 202 leads a sort train through the countryside south of Wells River, Vermont on a glorious autumn aftern... (more)
This is not a notable photograph by any artistic standards. But it does represent one of the few times in my life that I've been absolutely terror-stricken. After a day of railfanning in the Metro... (more)
As they say, some parts of Iowa are extremely flat.
A southbound Iowa Northern freight makes its way past some assorted industrial supplies in Clarksville, IA.
How long until the kudzu gets ahold of the train?
Freshly repainted Aberdeen Carolina & Western GP16 1601 basks in the sun in Star, North Carolina. This railroad recently purchased five F-Units for use with a planned dinner train.
Two newish GEVO's have little difficulty accelerating their intermodal train at High Falls in Rochester, New York.
