While #40's engineer oils the running gear in preparation for the night's Santa trips, an oil lantern of New York Central vintage sits on the stepwell on the fireman's side.

Beginning life as a GTW GP18, MBTA 904 migrated to Detroit commuter service before winding up in Boston during the MBTA's formative years. With most of her sisters retired and sold, 904 is still ... (more)

Well-cared for by display engine standards, B&M 410 stands as a silent memorial to Lowell's industrial past, on trackage she likely knew decades ago when both Lowell and the Boston & Maine were in... (more)

A man and his machine...

MBTA 1009 sits out the weekend in a silent diesel house. What little work was going on this day was being focused on getting some of the many bad-ordered coaches back on the road. 1009 will have... (more)

Late enough in the season that the dreaded High Sun is no longer a concern but early enough that cold weather hasn't set in yet, Trains & Troops weekend is probably the ideal time to visit Strasbu... (more)

Seemingly determined to go out in style, steam on Mount Washington hung on through the end of the 2009 season, but whether or not any steam will run in 2010 remains unclear. With the three John D... (more)

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.