The signals at Leetsdale, PA on a cool Winter evening.

The signals at Fort Gat backlit by a starry Winter night.

Sometimes don't you wonder why the railroad does what it does? Well this is one of those places at Ackley. CN usually to rips out anything and everything that doesn't get used to help with cost co... (more)

Under the cover of darkness, an eastbound loaded coal drag rolls under the PRR signals in Tipton, PA.

A signal protecting the CN Iron Range Sub at the Ramshaw diamond indicates a northbound train is coming back from Two Harbors and it's clear to cross the CN Rainy Sub.

A ROW crew member alerts his associates of an in-coming NJT train (seen in the distance) during a snow removal operation at Edison, NJ.

"Our Greatest Asset Is People," as noted at the bottom of the unique old Chessie Shops sign in Cumberland.

Just after sunrise on a cold January morning, this signal from the Norfolk & Western era stands guard over a private road crossing. Like the small community of Elliston, this scene has remained u... (more)

D.C. bound regional streaks through Old Saybrook.

Breaking the silence on the CSX A&WP Sub. is BNSF No. 5454 powering a intermodal train through Newnan. As Q184 heads south it approaches the diamond where the NS Cedartown District/former Central... (more)

NS Conemaugh Line was used by the PRR as a low-grade alternate to its main line now the NS Pittsburgh Line. Lots of old ex-Pennsy signals still liter the line from CP at TOMS, seen here, to the CP... (more)

Lots of the old search light signals along the BNSF mainline in the Midwest have been getting replaced with the PTC upgrades. Here at south end of the Fenton, a stack train is lined up towards Gal... (more)

A high and wide load sits on the spur in Newry, SC waiting to be shipped by truck to the Duke Power Plant in Oconee County.

When the weather turns cold, the track has alot of strain put on it with the contracting steel. Many joints can come apart, as is the case here at MP 268.4 on the CN Dubuque Sub. The crew works in... (more)

When the weather turns cold, the track has alot of strain put on it with the contracting steel. Many joints can come apart, as is the case here at MP 269.9 on the CN Dubuque Sub. The 1st real cold... (more)