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An Alaskan waterfall awaits you as you emerge from the MP 16 tunnel on the White Pass and Yukon Route north of Skagway, Alaska.

The stars of the universe glow an intense shine over the darkness of northern New Mexico as the intermediate semaphore blades stand guard over the former ATSF Transcontinental. Despite being over ... (more)

Working on the section certainly can be rewarding at times, it's a unique job that allows for some neat behind the scene imagery. On this particular night the temperatures were well below freezing... (more)

A green, yellow, and red combination of searchlights rest under the stars and moonlight on a cold winter night.

EMD On The Sea. McAllister Towing's "Marjorie B. McAllister" is not just pulling a car float of railroad cars (NYNJR 100), it is fittingly powered by 2 EMD 16-645-E2 engines. On M... (more)

I'd say it's a love/ hate relationship with cold weather on the railway. Frigid cold temps have caused a joint on track 3 at mile 8 of the Weston sub to pull apart. Thankfully with a couple of can... (more)

You just never know what you will find on track, today was no exception while I was out for a track patrol this morning I noticed what looked like a rock placed on the rail as I traversed Northwar... (more)

Why did the B&O Tower cross the railroad tracks.... To get to the other side and find its new home. The Tower move on April 2nd, 2022 by Wolfe Building Movers made possible by the City o... (more)

From a booming yard for the Southern railway, to now barley seeing any trains. For the full year Linwood was closed, it was used for nothing but storage, and a crew change location. As of lately, ... (more)

Nick Scheresky uses an acetylene torch to cut off a bolt on the frame of one of the Nevada Northern's original wood boxcars. Keeping hundred year old equipment in service is the name of the game a... (more)

Crane Masters is busy at work clearing the remains of NS loaded coal train Y92, which put 20 cars on the ground at Perryman, MD on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. The derailment would suspend passen... (more)