A southbound UP train is taking the clear signal at Napavine South on the BNSF Seattle Sub the evening of 12/21/13. These ex-NP cantilever signal bridges are not long for this world as BNSF has pl... (more)

After a southbound UP passed on Main 1, a northbound BNSF train triggers a green signal on Main 2 at the searchlight signals in advance of the control point at Napavine South, WA on 12/21/13.

Autorack still life

Hoar frost has attached itself to cold metal and ground surfaces overnight in the former service and crew change point town of Skykomish. This railhead bears evidence of its Great Northern herita... (more)

It’s dawn in the Clark Fork River Valley east of St. Regis, Montana, on September 13, 1998. Fog is slowly burning off in the low areas as the sun is about to rise above the mountains to the east... (more)

Ex-Melbourne street car 1032 departs the terminus at Meola Road. This stop serves the adjacent Western Springs Railway which has several tank steam locomotives. This heritage line opened in stag... (more)

A view from the mountain to the train station in Brig at nightfall. On the left the tracks for freight trains, behind the siding for passenger trains and the loco shed. In front 4 platforms with 7... (more)

A pair of auto racks make for interesting looky-loo sightings (and yes the photographer was also a looky-loo) as the scene of a derailment in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York attracted a great deal of... (more)

A Delaware and Hudson and a Conrail boxcar sit out in a field after being involved in a derailment. Across the Hudson River is Breakneck Mountain.

A crane builds the railroad back up after a nasty derailment wiped out a good deal of the track.

Preheating the Rail - BNSF MOW (Maintenance of Way) workers use an Oxy-Acetylene torch to preheat the ends to two adjoining sections of 136lb. rail in preparation to welding them together... (more)

Impending eastbound on a cold clear evening near Lynn, West Virginia.

Shearing the Excess - A BNSF MOW (Maintenance of Way) worker uses a hydraulic shear to remove excess iron from a molten weld produced from a Thermite reaction.

A wreck on the River Line shut the entire line down on January 27, 1979. What looks like a snow covered path in front of the auto carrier is actually the ROW. The tracks have been removed as part ... (more)

On a foggy December evening, a green light beams from the southbound Southern Railway signal at Oakwood. As seen, its replacement is already up, obstructing the view, though still allowing us to w... (more)