A westbound Q-CXOLAC1-12 is lined up at La Plata as the sun sets on the day. This control point in northern central Missouri is one of the few remaining signal bridges left along the Marceline Sub... (more)
For the first time in 27 years, the former Ann Arbor snow plow, now owned by Great Lakes Central, made an appearance south of Clare, MI. to plow the line from Ithaca back to Cadillac. Drifts as hi... (more)
The Loram rail grinders works it way through Homestead, Iowa
(Correction: Whitewood, Virginia) Extremely overcast and heavy snow conditions, are the perfect backdrop for a gloomy abandonment photo such as this. Looking southwest in the little community of W... (more)
The other side of this sign says "Union RR." Remnants of the past, such as this one, are still in good condition along the NEC. You just have to know where to look. Photo taken on RR property w... (more)
New safetran signals await to be cut in in front of the east-facing signal bridge at CP La Plata on BNSF Marceline Sub. As an update, these signals have been cut over on 1.18.14.
Scenes like this were all too common in the late 1980s and 1990s as railroads replaced their caboose fleets with end-of-train devices. Most of this gathering would be sold with a few being donated... (more)
If you aren't going to get snow on Steven's pass in the winter, then the next best thing is a clear, not too cold, starry night. This east bound freight has just crossed the Foss river bridge, as... (more)
The former Rahway Valley Railroad's 93 foot trestle across the Rahway River, linking Union and Springfield, has not seen a train in nearly 20 years. The trestle was constructed in 1905 as part of... (more)
Mid-train in Georgetown RR's continuous-belt ballast train are two distribution cars that can swing to either side to distribute rock. On the former MoPac at Hestes, Texas Oct. 12, 1989.
Baltimore Penn Station has some beautiful stained glass in the ceiling.
A couple of CN M.O.W. employees work to clear snow across the Ramshaw diamond on the last day of 2013. The Hi-Rail Blower, appropriately named Air Forced 1, is pretty loud and fairly effective i... (more)
Intermodal trailers of different sizes and shapes roll south on FEC train 101 as the sun sets in Melbourne, Florida.
Quite the exhaust plume precedes mid-train helpers as they near the west portal of Bozeman tunnel as MRL's Laurel-Missoula freight works west.
If Santa ever arrived by train I would half expect him to show up in a Soo Line caboose like this with its appropriate red, white and black color.
