"RAILS ON FIRE"
Literally...A Loram rail grinder works on the Norfolk Southern Lurgan Branch. The "grinding" removes blemishes on the surface and prolongs the life ... (more)

"WINCHESTER AND WESTERN AFTER DARK"
Returning to Corning Yard after a Friday evening trek to Hagerstown. 86 rolls past an already made up Winchester turn. For this and other... (more)

The last car on CP 100 was a single flat car carrying new axles.

"THREE OF A KIND AT NIGHT"
A night variation of a PREVIOUS PHOTO that I took a few weeks prior. Su... (more)

The Northern Lights shine over the frozen Mississippi River and the old Milwaukee Road lift bridge as a pair of Norfolk Southern engines haul tankers east.

"VAUGHN SUMMIT"
15T approaches the summit of the grade between Front Royal and Shenandoah, VA at "Summit": where Vaughn Summit Road crosses just north of the interlocking for the siding.... (more)

Thermit welding is not something you see very often and certainly not in the tight confines of the New York City Subway. This process is used to weld two pieces of very hard metal such as steel ra... (more)

"POTOMAC SUNRISE"
35Q moves high above the Potomac River on the Norfolk Southern H Line during a frigid winter sunrise

"THREE OF A KIND"
Not many places one can photograph an N&W CPL signal, a full code line complete with wires and of course, a crossing gate. This is the case at Summit on the old Shena... (more)

Beautiful steamloc, built on 1925. Cogwheel steamtrain waits at the upper station Rigi Kulm (1750 meters over sea level). At the 25%-grade the boiler is horizontally

"ROJO EL COLOR DEL AMOR"
My Spanish may be rusty, but this old Norfolk & Western CPL signal sure is. The signal is accented by lighting provided by Sean Hoyden using 2 off ca... (more)

Gone and apparently forgotten, the old loadout (and 2 concrete feeders) still stand a short distance up Upper Burning Creek near Kermit. I believe it was opened by Wolf Creek, then acquired by A.T... (more)

About as wide open as it gets in these parts, and way down in the valley below, NS power transfer is headed west (right to left) through the sleepy village of Winco Block (named after one of the 1... (more)

Evening scenery at Kasan

Special train seen from the running train