MARC (or CSX?) has been outfitting stations with crossing lights to warn passengers crossing the tracks between platforms that a train is coming. Note the white crossties in the LED graphic, and ... (more)

HO tower, still on duty, looks over the quiet railyard during a snowstorm. What the tower, and the tree!, have seen over the years. Sadly, only the tree remains.

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We love the railcars also! Perhaps my favorite sight on CSX's Metropolitan Sub is to catch the cuts of CNW yellow hopper cars, usually found toward the end of a Q4xx train. WB tower, st... (more)

As they say pictures are worth a thousand words and this photo is not one to disappoint. Now that the Denver Ski Train is gone, all the pictures that I took are invaluable. Here the Ski Train is... (more)

Pre-dawn activity at Willard.

The DPUs on a Wasco-bound coal train sail past the cantilever signal at Sandcut. This train is loaded in Utah and runs via UP's LA&SL mainline to Daggett where it enters BNSF trackage for the firs... (more)

DOT FRA Dept of Safety SPV 219 awaiting permission from Console 2 Kansas City to leave KCS and take the south leg of the Y onto the Kiamichi RR.

The rear 10 or so cars derailed about a mile back and amazingly most rerailed themselves at this grade crossing.

The eastbound Rio Grande Zephyr loads a health crowd of passengers into dome coach Silver Bronco at Glenwood Springs. Perhaps some of the passengers had been enjoying the hot, mineral baths and p... (more)

Light railway is heading to Zell am Zee in the sunny afternoon.

While I was working loaded Pacific National coal train BO552 on 31st January 2008 it decided to derail at Burilda, between Werris Creek & Breeza.The train consisted of 2 locomotives & 42 wagons wi... (more)

Railroading the right way!

Dwarfed signal 231B sits silent as it guards the passing track at the CN/CP diamond