Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder passes the small BNSF yard and Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, Montana. It’s October 10, 2018, and autumn has arrived as the tamaracks begin to change to gold in this ... (more)
It's about 11PM on a cold snowy night in the north country of Wisconsin.....while most people are headin for bed I'm about to embark on a journey east from Portage to Milwaukee on a couple of old ... (more)
I'm standing on what was once a high level platform between tracks in the Milwaukee Road's West Milwaukee Shops coach yard. This platform was in the past used to allow fork lifts and other carts w... (more)
On Track For A Cure. DTTX Double Stack Car 732301 was one of three similar pink cars that made an appearance on Norfolk Southern's Train 233 on March 1, 2020. In a generic world of generic wells t... (more)
A humbling, and unreal site was on hand as we get a good look at one of the two surviving big New York Central Steam Locomotives. NYC 2933 is the only surviving L-2d Type Heavy Mountain built by t... (more)