After the work is complete, the mechanic removes the blue lock that protected him from any movement into the track where he was working.

The red crossing gate lights cast a red glow on the frozen, ice covered crossing.

Some remnants of The Chicago, Ottawa and Peoria Electric Line can still be found today, like this depot in Minooka. The Interurban was started in 1909 and was one of the states longest lines. The ... (more)

Curving boxes: Two intermodal trains snake through Bealville, California, on Tehachapi Pass on a hot June 30, 1996.

One of the last great train terminals looks resplendent in the colors of a December sunset. The flags are at half-mast for the recent Sandy Hook massacre.

Dwarfed by the World.

PRR vets light the way of inbounds while a veteran of a different kind lights the night sky.

Craigleith Station, now Craigleith Heritage Centre was one of the many stations situated in Ontario's cottage country. When the railway dominance in northern Ontario came to an end, the city decid... (more)

Despite the weather, a CN rail gang works on replacing rail on the CN Iron Range Sub between Sparta and Jones. The new rail is in place here and these machines are working on welding, tie plate a... (more)

Travel by Train: Looking like a scene from the days before Amtrak, Union Pacific's annual Cheyenne Frontier Days train lays over at Union Station in Denver on July 16, 1998. This station closed in... (more)

When heavy snow comes to the CN at Waterloo, Maintance Crews get the jet blower out to clean switches around Waterloo. Here "the jet" cleans the switches above the 4th Street crossovers. This blow... (more)

A Berkshire Scenic Railway trainman signals the head end with his lantern while setting up for the BSRM's first Night Photo Shoot in 2006. Canon EOS 20D, Canon 70-200mm f/4L

The gritty textures of a Canadian Pacific Railway switchlock on a small trackside structure at the grade crossing at Brisco, British Columbia, on the afternoon of July 17, 2011.

Highball, Duplainville!: Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, cruises by Duplainville Tower in July 1984, with Milwaukee Road Skytop Cedar Rapids carrying the markers. The tower stood guard over Milw... (more)

It's a three-for shot! The 6:38 run waits for it's time as an express screams by on Main 2 while another inbound waits to crossover to main 2..