With the last signs of fall all but gone from the valley, a one-unit wonder loaded coal train creeps along the James River toward Lynchburg

Downtown Durham is a mix of historic buildings and ugly parking garages built in the name of "urban renewal". The city's beautiful Union Station was demolished to give space for the parking garage... (more)

After missing the NS Geometry Train in this spot last week, I was determined to catch the Rail Grinder, which has been in the area for a few days. Here it is heading east (to the right) back to th... (more)

This section of the ex-Clinchfield is certainly "hurry up and wait" territory. This NB manifest stopped for meets at Rocky then Toe River before getting back up to speed passing through Penland as... (more)

A young couple has set up camp on the beach at Gaviota State Park underneath the massive ex-SP trestle over Gaviota Creek. The last northbound Surfliner of the day strikes a powerful pose, but is ... (more)

For the past hour, NS 135 has been on its hands and knees battling mother nature, climbing the rugged Blue Ridge mountains on a cold and rainy fall day. In a scene perfectly suited for Halloween, ... (more)

Looking east toward the Oakland Bay Bridge as a Powell - Mason car crosses the California Street line on its way back to the terminus at Market & Powell.

As tornadoes and severe thunderstorms develop just to the east, a northbound UP manifest waits in the siding for a special meet with UP 844 hauling the southbound Cheyenne Frontier Days special ba... (more)

The Alexander RR's 3-car train runs through a classic American summer scene on the Friday before 4th of July.

The deadhead move to the Masters rounds a curve near Ruffin, NC. A video of this scene can be found here.

Amtrak's Phase I heritage unit leads the westbound California Zephyr through the tight confines of south boulder creek canyon

The crew of F742 lets the breeze into the open door as they wait for the Fetner signals guarding the shared double-track with NS to go green. In just a moment they'll be off, and soon will be in t... (more)

3 of the 4 NS F-units make their first visit to the railroad's eastern North Carolina lines, hauling a VIP group from Raleigh to Morehead City. Shortly after departing from the Raleigh Amtrak stat... (more)

The upper reaches of Edinburgh Castle affords a commanding view of the city, including this train briefly emerging into daylight as it runs the final mile into Edinburgh's Waverly Station.

NS local H76 sits at the north end of downtown Portland, PA on a dreary fall afternoon. Even though November was almost over, almost all the trees still held lots of colorful leaves.