I only had one afternoon to spend on the Hudson River line, so naturally it decided to snow in late March! Photo taken in Montrose NY from the RT 9A overpass. Barely seen in the background is the ... (more)

NS 9357 slides by the classic brick depot at Newton, MS. This town was the location of the Civil War Battle of Newton's Station on April 24, 1863. Union cavalry under Col. Benjamin Grierson atta... (more)

I've always wondered if that was the fireman's personal roll of toilet paper on the dash.

Big time railroading! SP B39-8 #8034 pounds through the super-elevated curves at Hinda while lower-priority Cotton Belt GP60 #9668 waits on the westbound main. 9668 will move back to the eastbound... (more)

A solid set of Warbonnets between at Hill 582.

GP60M 144 was was placed on the back of Santa Fe's promotional train used to film custom-painted GP60M 146 for Maersk. 144 provided additional braking on the steep grade. 144 was destroyed in a... (more)

I always thought this was one of the more ironic station names in railroading.

It's not a Joint Line trip without a picture of the Big Red Barn!

Southern 2-8-0 #630 enters Cordova on the return leg of it's Birmingham to Parrish, AL round-trip.

Southern 2-8-0 #630 is doing some talking it it passes under the old Atlantic Coast Line viaduct on the west end of Bessemer.

The California State Railroad Museum hosted a series of night photo sessions in honor of a visit by SP 4-8-4 #4449. Tonight, E9 #6051 and SP 0-6-0 #1269 show their stuff. Train #98 was the Soutb... (more)

In May of 1984, SP 4-8-4 4449 was given a matching "Daylight" 13-car consist and sent on a trip from Portland, OR to New Orleans, LA for the 1984 Louisiana World's Fair. The sun popped out for a f... (more)

A pair of GP9s split the semaphores on the Siskiyou Line near Roseburg, OR.