Under a clear sky, the signals at Control Point Belcher display a Clear Signal on a cool late Spring evening.

As the sun sets in western Ohio, CSX train M511-21 races south on to Cincinnati.

Silhouetted against a clear night sky are the Searchlights at Control Point Simon along the Guyandot River Branch.

Moving Fuel. On the afternoon of May 26, 2019, Norfolk Southern Train 776 (Shire Oaks, PA-Hyco, NC) with coal loads passed Train 65E (Linden, NJ-Chicago, IL) with ethanol empties in Summer... (more)

One of those nights a person just doesn't forget. Standing trackside at 0100 on a peaceful night watching the sky come alive.

Rolling Scrap. With NYNJ Rail's locomotives dealing with the inbounds coming from New Jersey on the NYNJ 100 barge, the yard in Brooklyn, New York is usually bare on the morning of March 25... (more)

A once in a lifetime event produced purple skies the farthest south I’ve ever been alive for. Here is the southbound signal lit up at CP 102.

A once in a lifetime event produced purple skies the farthest south I’ve ever been alive for. Here is the southbound signal lit up for a northbound train at CP 106.

The clean up Saturday morning after a loaded rock train southbound with UP power had an Oopsie daisy derailment Friday night.

The clean up Saturday morning after a loaded rock train southbound with UP power had an Oopsie daisy derailment Friday night.

53 Years Old And Still Moving America. When the Railpax (telegraphers code name for "railroad passenger") legislation passed creating Amtrak on May 1, 1971, it was a prevalent bel... (more)

April Showers NS 22X rolls east down the hill into a severe thunderstorm. If you look closely, you can see NS 8025, the Monongahela heritage unit third out.

Lonely History. The Leaderfoot Viaduct still stands over the River Tweed, awaiting another train since the last one crossed its majestic structure in July 1965.

After the decision was made a few years ago to take track #2 out of service between RS tower and Berkeley run Junction, we now see the new regime of management trying to recover from pasts decisio... (more)

On a snowy night the GSMR Bryson City car sits in downtown Bryson City waiting the night for tomorrow's excursion.