Freight cars begin to get offloaded from the barge and into Greenville Yard. There is a method to unloading; one string at a time, taking four cars off one of the side tracks first, before taking... (more)

As the night air cools off, fog settles in thru the valleys of southwestern Iowa. Here between Prescott and Cromwell the intermediate signals are not lined up for any movement in either directions... (more)

Two thirds of the way between 65th Street Yard in Brooklyn and Greenville Yard, a stiff wind blows the American Flag towards the Cross Harbor Rail Barge.

A pleasant evening at Denver Union Station. I haven't been here since I rode the Ski Train about ten or so years ago. It's a really nice station inside and out. I wish Amtrak made more of an appea... (more)

G's are stacked up with Army-Navy trains, laying over in the yard next to (then) Philadelphia Municipal Stadium on the south side.

An eastbound NS intermodal train blast out of Elkhart. Here the train passes the twin forks ex-NYC signals at Dunlap after sunset. As you can see a backhoe is parked in the area, and there are pai... (more)

Santa Fe cantilever style signals are still left east of the Cameron Connection in 5 places. GI, Yost, Williamsfield, Toluca, and Verona are still classic cantilever. Regular signal bridges in San... (more)

An eastbound BNSF train blast thru the small town of Williamsfield. Santa Fe cantilever style signals are still left east of the Cameron Connection in 5 places. GI, Yost, Williamsfield, Toluca, an... (more)

A westbound on track one streaks under the Santa Fe signal bridge in Toluca as the dispatcher has lined up another westbound on track two. Going to be a busy night on the Transcon.

Silhouetted against a rising moon, the southbound signal at North Deshler shows a Medium Approach Slow indication for the approaching Q509. The B&O CPL's here will soon be replaced as part of an i... (more)

Built in 1925 by Florida East Coast Railway "Jax Bridge" still earns its keep, with 20 or more movements a day. Norfolk Southern intermodal trains contribute to most of the rail polishi... (more)

With the signals lit for a 20R that had just been in the block at the beginning of the exposure, another eastbound approaches the signals at Tipton, illuminating the late-night fog that had accumu... (more)

On the last day of PRR's corporate existence, John is photographing what he can of his beloved PRR. That meant aiming his camera at the PRR environs in Riverside, N.J., including the keystone sign... (more)

"Nordhouse Dunes is part of the Ludington Dune Ecosystem, The Nordhouse Dunes are interspersed with woody vegetation such as juniper, jack pine and hemlock", and a caboose. Thanks to Fritz Milh... (more)

The Pulaski District is line of former Norfolk and Western that runs from near Radford, VA, junction with the Christiansburg District, to Bristol, TN. All along the line is these classic ex-N&W CP... (more)