A maintenance window resulted in only two trains in six hours. The iconic post office patiently waits for the next train. The photographer not so much.

"There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven."

As it says, this was the 5:02 pm out of LaSalle Street Station. I'm sure the commuter in the last vestibule was as surprised as Roger that they meet face-to-camera. The late Roger Puta's slide... (more)

The train is the Pinole Local. Slide scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

Train in storage. The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

"Relics of the Past" An old Wabash searchlight signal that used to protect the N&W/WAB and IC diamond just north of Strawn, IL, stands dark. This trackage is now part of the Bloomer L... (more)

During the CN Family Day at Taschereau Yard, an CN crane pull up the car CNIS 623189 in the air for a demonstration.

Another day of railfanning comes to an end.

An SCL Trainman recharges before the next call.

At the CN's Family Day at Taschereau Yard in Montreal PQ, the engineering department was showing a rail exothermic welding demonstration. Thermite welding is widely used to weld railway rails. The... (more)

We are at GI Tower (closed June 1968) looking northeast along the NYC's mainline from Louisville to Colombus, Indiana. This area would be completely unrecognizable today. Any sign that the railroa... (more)

This is the north approach to the Big Four Bridge which spans the Ohio River between Jeffersonville, IN and Louisville, KY. The photo was taken looking south along Mulberry Street in Jeffersonvill... (more)

Southern Railway searchlights are on their last stand here at Delaplain, just north of Georgetown, KY on the 1st District of the CNO&TP. With the blue hour coming to an end, nightfall is eminent a... (more)

The approach signals east of Columbia on the NS Port Road stand as silent beacons in the night sky. Usually heavily used under the cover of darkness, they won't be seeing any traffic this night. A... (more)

A C&NW sign still hangs on a pedestrian overpass between what is now Metra's Ogilvie station and the Riverside Plaza building, formerly the Chicago Daily News Building.