On November 17th, 2014 the final chapter of Union Switch & Signal searchlight signals on Tehachapi was closed when the last signals between Warren and Mojave, on the eastern slope, were retired in... (more)

After I got done shooting a G888 at Masonville, I waited around for a lite power move behind them. As the wait carried on the sun barely popped out from the clouds as big thunderstorms dumped tons... (more)

Some 11.8 miles off the Iron Range Subdivision on the DM&IR Wales branch is where they crossed the Cloquet River at Jordan. Based on the condition of the bridge and the sign now posted this is the... (more)

Although we'll never again see fallen-flag boxcars rumbling across the great PRR bridge at Safe Harbor, we soon might be able to walk across it. The conversion of the long-abandoned bridge to hik... (more)

A plethora of historic equipment sits at the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati in Latonia, Kentucky. Among the collection is PRR Observation, the Metropolitan View (bottom right) and B&O "... (more)

An Amtrak Conductor communicates how many cars there are left till the train comes to a complete stop at the station in Granby, Colorado on September 24, 2016. They'll load the coach-class passeng... (more)

The old dwarf signal still guards the West end of the siding at Connelly Springs, NC. The way the signals are set up is rather interesting, as the signal governing the mainline displays a "clear" ... (more)

In an environment composed of steel, rocks and behemoth trains rolling pass only inches away, an example of the amazing power of nature and life can be seen. While waiting on a northbound train t... (more)

The Semmering railway (German: Semmeringbahn) in Austria, which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gau... (more)

The white-hatted foreman is down on his haunches to better scrutinize the progress of tie renewal on eastbound No. 1 Track. Tie-handling machine No. 1041's crew is manipulating some freshly creos... (more)

Fallen flag boxcars in pre-graffiti days lead Conrail's N5B caboose No. 22874 over the old stone arch bridge at the confluence of the Chickies (or Chiques) Creek and the Susquehanna River. The 22... (more)

Waiting on the Chief……silhouetted against the timeless light of the moon a pair of Union Switch & Signal intermediate semaphores stand guard over BNSF's Raton Subdivision in northern New Mexic... (more)

Where's the rails? The double-tracked electrified Columbia Branch has almost sunk into the ground by the late 70s, as a short local heads upgrade through the weeds to Lancaster.

We're inside the long-gone Union Junction Tower at 2:44 p.m., with the op facing the Union Switch & Signal electro-pneumatic Model 14 interlocking machine, installed in 1935. The tower, built in ... (more)

The West Absolute Signals show a double-clear in Hurricane as a thunderstorm moves in from the west during an early July evening.