Steel mills and railroads can often be mentioned in the same breath. That point is demonstrated here by WPSX 1551 and the NS Ohio River Secondary in the foreground of the former Wheeling-Pitt Stee... (more)

Railroads often talk the importance of the horsepower to cars ratio. With six MACs (one on the rear) and 27 cars, C51 sports a ratio of 111HP per car!

UN Tower once protected the junction of the B&O and P&LE at the other side of town. Today it is getting a trim touch up, but I think the painter's car could use the work more than the nicely resto... (more)

Later guys! Racking my brain, was there a more famous signal in the West over the last ten years than the bridge at Mojave? The only one that comes close would be the Sandcut cantilever on the oth... (more)

While not as busy as their neighbors to the south, the Apache Railway is just as friendly to railfans as the Copper Basin. A quick swing by the yard office and I had all the information I needed f... (more)

Lined up and ready roll for the Monday morning rush, five Rock Island District train sets idle the weekend away.

Although the sun is up, the cold night air still lingers. Its a bone chilling 9F as 391 begins it trek to Homewood and points south.

I found Richmond to be a very underrated railfanning city. While the lack of shortlines limit the color variety, there are a ton of interesting angles thanks to the immense amount of railroad infr... (more)

Although this line is owned by UP, you would never know by the looks of it. Trackage rights trains from BNSF and UTAH out numbered UP trains 2 to 1... literally, only three trains ran all day.