The fireman for the Durbin Rocket, led by Steam 3-Truck Heisler number 6, uses the top of the broom handle to press down on a valve and release steam before the train departs.

The Durbin Rocket, led by Steam 3-Truck Heisler number 6, pulls into the station to pick up passengers for the 10:00 am departure. The color of the fall trees made for a very memorable and scenic... (more)

UP 5751 leads UP 9618 and an eastbound manifest up the Tehachapi grade at Woodford.

Atlantic Coast Line SW7 number 648 could use a little touch up on the paint as it idles outside the Cemex Sand Mine near Davenport, Florida.

Construction continues on the second bridge across the Eau Gallie Creek as FEC 715 leads rock train FEC 336 north over the new bridge in Melbourne, Florida. You can see parts of the old bridge th... (more)

New Cemex 4 pushes a string of cars towards the Cemex Facility at City Point. For being a rather small switch engine, it has a lot of power.

SP 8552 leads a hot intermodal west through the town of Tehachapi a few days after Thanksgiving.

Cotton Belt 9656 and Union Pacific 6302 lead a Swift Roadrailer west through the town of Tehachapi at sunset.

The new Cemex 4 switches cars at the large Cemex facility in City Point, Florida.

The new Cemex 4 switches cars at the large Cemex facility in City Point, Florida.

Florida East Coast 803 leads a short train 103 south through Melbourne, Florida.

A Georgia Northeastern crew prepares Patriot Rail 3805 to go out with CEFX 421 on their first trip after the 4th of July weekend.

The early morning blue hour has begun as Georgia Northeastern 2000 and other locomotives are shut down for the July 4th weekend.

All that remain of a group of TFM SD40-2 is their cabs as they rust away at the Larry's Truck and Electric facility in Lordstown, Ohio. Photograph taken with special permission from LTEX.

Old Diesels and Fallen Flags

Indiana Harbor Belt 8739 rusts away in the company of Conrail and Wisconsin Central locomotives on a cold and rainy night at the Larry's Truck ... (more)