Thalys maintains a few small on-platform shelters to supplement the waiting areas downstairs.
Operations are busy at Brussels Midi during the morning rush, with many crossover movements. The red signal holds in place a third train just behind the photographer.
As the last MARC train of the day heads west, disembarked passengers head for their cars across the tracks, by street, pedestrian crossing, or even across the rails. [The distant cars are the end... (more)
This train is not coming out of a tunnel but rather from a middle section of this subterranean and otherwise open to the light station that is covered by higher levels. The train will shortly lea... (more)
A regional passenger train departing southwest passes a series of double slip switches creating a track crossing over only half of the tracks at this large terminal. Note the identification... (more)
A pair of TGVs, one Thalys, one SNCF, having arrived earlier and stopped precisely at the markers, are poised to depart to the west.
The Widow Maker! A crewman must have judged it so bad mechanically - it couldn't even sit straight :) - that it was a danger to all. [Location is at the diesel shop, ex-M&StL Cedar Lake y... (more)
The Reading T-1 presents itself for inspection.
Optical Illusion! Did a monster take a bite out of the end of the long hood, or is that a well-worn "PC" decal blending into the background?
There's nothing like fresh snow and a red leader! CP and CN don't come by here much, but MARC runs 5 days a week!
Taken back in the day when a kid could wander around a yard willy-nilly. Thanks to my father for patiently sitting in the car for hours, reading the paper.
First shot of the Montour on RP! Only Montour shot I have. Another tiny fallen flag, controlled by the P&LE at the time of its demise.
A fireman takes a break and scopes out the yard. A Peter Lerro photo charter.
A workman prepares to clean the headlight. Note the detail in the various lights. A Peter Lerro photo charter.
Highball! A conductor signals to the front end as the yard switcher moves on the adjacent track. A Peter Lerro photo charter.
