An eastbound manifest rolls through the curves in Matfield Green, a spot pretty much defined by railroad stations, not towns. Thanks to my friend John Rost, who dragged me away from shooting rost... (more)

I always wanted to photograph one of these F40M-2s as soon as I saw photos of one as they were delivered to the Canadian American Railroad, an Iron Roads shortline whose hard luck story was just a... (more)

Ahhh, ignorance is bliss. At this point in my railfanning, I am 100% into shortlines. Any Class 1 action is caught on the side during shortline trips. And here is a classic example. While rail... (more)

FEC crosses the drawbridge in downtown Ft. Lauderdale and will be shortly arriving at its destination of Ft. Lauderdale yard after an overnight run from Jacksonville.

The summer of 1994 found me in Kansas City for an internship with a flight school at Kansas City Downtown airport. This was a great time to be in the area, as several Class 1s were still around b... (more)

Finally, on the fourth try, I got the CWRY running intermodal with home road power. All CSX cars are moved with CSX power, but NS trains V14/V07 power does not go all the way to the APM Terminal,... (more)

ELS 400 returning to N. Green Bay after a run to Crivitz, WI passing a nice autumn scene in "downtown" Beaver, WI.

A recent visit to Birmingham made me go back and review some old slides. At first glance, the new Birmingham Terminal Railway which now operates this line seemed mostly the same. Then I took a l... (more)

A local crew enters the street running in Zürich's Industriequartier after working Swissmill, aka the Kornhaus, which holds the distinction of being the tallest active grain elevator in the world... (more)

TSBY 2681 leads the Cadillac Turn south through Shepherd returning to Owosso. At the time, I was perturbed about the non-painted leader on this trek to photograph vintage GP35s, but in retrospect... (more)

OmniTrax's Alabama & Tennessee River RR train Z389 operates between CSX Boyles Yard in Birmingham, AL and ATN's yard in Gadsden, AL typically 3 times a week. The train is difficult to find out on ... (more)

The Max Turn has reached the end of its work day, and the crew is happily relieved of their duties just south of Garrison, ND. Their day will resume from this spot tomorrow. The DMVR is the only... (more)