An empty coal train, having negotiated the mountain, sits waiting for permission to enter the Livingston yard.

A tattered and worn pair of SD45's have a string of ore jennies in tow over the Escanaba River in Wells, Michigan. That latticework bridge is a hallmark of former CNW lines. Interestingly, it is a... (more)

A southbound Great Lakes Central train passes the restored depot in Howell, Michigan. Great Lakes Central, working with the state, plans to start commuter service from here to Ann Arbor by the end... (more)

With the sudden death of Jim George, owner of the Lake State Railway, the road's small fleet of Alco and MLW diesels face an uncertain future. In this photo from 2008, two engines are nestled in t... (more)

A Tennessee Southern train wanders around south of Summertown with some old beater locomotives.

Alco is as Alco does. The daily Holbrook turn leaves the interchange with BNSF and encounters a steep hill.

Many of us take train pictures as an escape from the pressures of the "real world." In some cases, it's simply impossible to completely leave behind the pressures of the economic collapse. Here, i... (more)

The cows are unmoved by the passing of a BNSF local.

Threatening skies gave way to torrential rains in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. I huddled under the depot roof to shoot this northbound freight. You can see the water streaming down from the overflowing ... (more)

An interesting safety sign adorns a storage cabinet at Marquette Rail's yard in Ludington.

Nothing but skin and bones left.

The last run of the Wisconsin & Southern Circus Train is loaded near the Circus World Museum in Baraboo. SD40-2 4002 shuffles cars in the small yard. Scanned from slide, taken when I was 16.

A hard frost muted most of this year's fall color, but the hills still have some color as a westbound intermodal train crosses the Conemaugh River near Johnstown, PA.

A southbound stack train wastes no time as it dashes through the fall colors along the Hudson River.

A northbound Capitol Service train passes by the Navy's mothball fleet in Suisun Bay.