Running back over the crossing to grab some tank cars out of the Schellville Wye, Northwestern Pacific 1501 passes the depot and signs for a local cherry farmer.

Leaving North Clarion Yard, a southbound RISI road freight passes the Domtar paper mill in Johnsonburg. The imposing backdrop (and overpoweringly unpleasant odor) of the paper mill has dominated ... (more)

Nevada Northern #40 has her ashes dumped at the end of another day of trips.

On the return to Roanoke, 611 splits the CPL's at Webster, VA. Soon the westbound Powhatan Arrow will be descending into Roanoke after a third and final assault on Blue Ridge Summit.

After getting a clear signal out of Rawlins Yard, three AC4400CW's throttle up and begin their race towards the rising sun and Elk Mountain.

Another slice of Virginia frozen in time, the westbound Pelican roars past the James Barnett cemetery, just outside Elliston. This is most definitely not the first time the 611 has rattled the bo... (more)

Just cresting the summit at Cumbres Pass, K-36 Mikados #488 and 489 slow for a station stop as a brave dog darts across the tracks ahead of them.

Beneath a canopy of catenary, a MUNI PCC car makes the turn at the Ferry Terminal to take the Market Street line. Car 1057 wears the paint scheme of the Cincinnati Street Railway, and was original... (more)

With work completed and a crew change at North Clarion yard, the southbound RISI crosses the trestle over the Clarion River and the Allegheny & Eastern Sub. The formerly double-tracked trestle da... (more)

Running a series of sold-out Fall Foliage trips, Hocking Valley #3 starts the second train of the day out of the Nelsonville depot with a bark. Huge crowds prompted the addition of another train ... (more)

At rest in the original Sierra Railway roundhouse, surrounded by the tools that once kept her running, husky Mikado #34 awaits her turn to come back to life. For now, she sits at Railtown 1897 as... (more)

Making the turn at the cut, a westbound Union Pacific manifest is about to duck under the Lincoln Highway on its way to Hanna Junction, Wolcott, Sinclair, and Rawlins.

Approaching Haydenville, Ohio, #3 passes the former Haydenville depot of the Hocking Valley Railway, later Chesapeake & Ohio. Haydenville was a large brickmaking center, prompting the railroad to... (more)

Position Light Farewell- By the time most of you see this photo, the PRR position light signals shown in it will be gone. The westbound Capitol Limited passes beneath the signal bridge at ... (more)

Bathed in soft light, the beefy profile of Sierra Railway #2 is highlighted against the backdrop of Mikado #34.