In recent years, Pan Am's acquisition of ex CSX GE locomotives and their subsequent patching of the CSX logos has lead to many colorful and somewhat garish looking locomotives running on the rails... (more)

The late winter scenery can look pretty bleak in the southern West Virginia coal fields. The mountain of coal slag in the background will look the same even in spring and summer months. But there ... (more)

POED is seen coming off the wye at North Chelmsford onto the Stony Brook Branch on a beautiful Spring afternoon.

A pair of CN C40-8s lead train R90183 out of Keenan. The train is swinging north at the wye in Keenan to head toward Iron Junction Minnesota.

Pan Am Railways POED accelerating out of Lawrence, MA approaching CPF-JK in a lucky sunspot.

MEC 7518 slowly pulls RJ-1 onto the Pan Am main to Rotterdam Junction shortly behind the D45 at CPF-477 passing a RR loader parked by the tracks.

Pan Am manifest freight POED (Portland, ME to East Deerfield, MA) is seen setting off cars for Ayer at the siding at CPF-309 in Westford.

Pan Am manifest freight POED (Portland, ME to East Deerfield, MA) is seen coming off the wye at North Chelmsford onto the Stony Brook Branch.

Pan Am train EDPO (East Deerfield, Ma to Portland, Me) is seen crossing North Street in Tewksbury passing the intermediate signal.

Pan Am train EDPO (East Deerfield, Ma to Portland, Me) is seen passing the signals at Western Ave in Downtown Lowell.

To the right of the frame, inside the glass part of the building lies a restaurant called "The Establishment." It was one of my favorite places to go out to eat before restaurants were c... (more)

Almost to the top...NS 8727 leads a local freight train westbound up the eastern side of the famous Blue Ridge Grade heading for Roanoke.

Q203 is lead by CN 2122 east after taking the Deshler northwest wye to Garrett to drop off freight earlier that morning before running back east.

The world of modernization is closing in on the Ex Duluth Missabe and Iron Range main lines of Northern Minnesota. The DMIR's maroon locomotives that once ruled these rails have transitioned to Ca... (more)