Just like it has so many times before, this B&O CPL stands guard over the plant at South Deshler as a fiery sunrise takes place to the east.

The Milwaukee Roads Red Coulee trestle as it stands today. This is a few miles east across the wheat fields from Great Falls MT. It was a completely quiet and somber place as I imagined the bright... (more)

This privately owned business car is lettered Formerly Penn Central 7.

The nocturnal stillness is shattered by the roar of diesels in notch 8 as an Eastbound loaded coal train fights the Alleghany grade. This cantilever has faithfully served since the days of steam,... (more)

A Christmas Eve snowfall brightens the scene and spirits while waiting for the train.

Like monuments to Wilkes-Barre's former industrial glory, these two relics stand proud under a red sky. The deactivated crossing guards the former LV/D&H crossover line at Butler Street in Wilk... (more)

On Sunday, August 11, a FCRD loaded coal train coming from the CSX interchange derailed just before the Bonneview Ave. railroad crossing. A total of six hoppers derailed, one of which turned over ... (more)

An eastward signal near Klondike, CA stands guard as the moon rises on a cloudy night in the Mojave Desert.

Another blue sky dawn greets the ancient Southern Railway signals in Cornelia, as this intermediate cantilever at MP-559.9 sees another July pass by in its 60-70 year career. Sadly enough, this si... (more)

Up front in the consist of Canadian National train No. 302 are three loads of oversized, untreated wood poles loaded on TTX flatcars, that included the use of empty idler flats due to the extreme ... (more)

Bluefield Service, used for storing ties and scrap iron by the MOW trains. This ancient gondola has seen better days and shows the ravages of time.

Santa Fe all the way
The former Santa Fe depot in Amarillo, Texas, hasn’t been used by the railroad for many years but still looks great. On the street side, a Santa Fe neon sign stil... (more)

The former Santa Fe depot in Amarillo, Texas, hasn’t been used by the railroad for many years but still looks great. The baggage room looks as though it is ready for travelers. Who knows, if(?) ... (more)

A Southern caboose brings up the back end of another load of southern Indiana coal as it heads east.

High hood SD 40-2 3290 leads a heavy coal train out of Speers Ferry, Virginia. Three additional radio controlled six axle units are cut in mid-train.