The early morning hours of September 7th I found myself in the historic college hamlet of Shepherdstown. The Norfolk Southern *former Norfolk & Western Railway* H Line from Hagerstown, MD to Roano... (more)

Many (special) vehicles in the station Spiez: in the foreground very special vehicles for track-working, in the middle a diagnostics-car from the SBB (Federal Railways Switzerland) and the Lötsch... (more)

The sun rises over Bellevue and when it goes higher it changes the colors of the shining rails it touches, here a kind of coppery gold.

The sun also raises over yards, sometimes creating a spectacular vista when conditions are right

In the pre-dawn hours a string of tank cars slowly wend their way through the yard towards the hump.

These classic PRR Position Light Signals stand tall and guard movements along the railroad at Port Royal, PA. Time however is not on their side as they are scheduled for removal sometime within th... (more)

The once grand waiting hall at Kansas City Union Station is empty with the once large wooden benches replaced with empty space. The beautiful station sparkles though, a sign of care put into resto... (more)

What a beautiful day for skiing! Snow cannon and railcar between Höhenweg (2219 meters over sealevel) and Weissfluhjoch (2662 meters over sealevel). Here its possible to ski near the track of the... (more)

Down on the Waterfront, Bunge Inc is one of many industries to makeup Hamilton's industrial core. Although Bunge is served by the SOR, they still need a locomotive for some internal switching. Her... (more)

Oldtimer in the station Berwyn with the beautiful stationbuilding

Unusual coallading between Porthmadog and Caernarfon

Localtrain from Chur to Thusis leaves the station Felsberg. Note the track and the special switch with three rails for normal-gauge (Cargo-traffic from SBB, 1435mm) and narrow-gauge from the RhB (... (more)

The Silver Snake slithers with it's onboard passengers into McKeesport at around 11:15PM, being 20 minutes late to his next stop. He must quickly pick up speed as the trailing lights disapp... (more)

This is the view from the top of one of two Iowa Pacific dome cars assigned to the North Carolina Transportation Museum's Autumn Leaf Special Excursions in Fall 2012. I was one of three car hosts ... (more)

The lights of a yet-unseen train cut through the landscape of bare trees, their leaves already fallen for the winter, as daylight wanes on this dreary November day in the Blue Ridge Mountains.