Canadian Pacific Railway's Colonie Subdivision ballast train, symbol 9WCO-28, is passing the XO tower in Mechanicville, NY with the CMQ SD40-2F duo of 9017 and 9011 on August 30, 2020.

NIRC 1, the oldest operating locomotive in revenue service pulls a single electric bi-level by the soon-to-be unmanned BI Tower. The tower itself is rumored to be closing soon, and may be torn dow... (more)

The Delaware Lackawanna is seen passing the old Delaware, Lackawanna & Western tower and depot at Tobyhanna. The train is approaching Pocono Summit where they will drop a large cut of loaded hoppe... (more)

NJ Transit train 1274 has just departed Waldwick Yard, with Central Railroad of New Jersey tribute locomotive 4109 pushing. The train is passing restored former Erie Railroad WC tower.

The remains of AR "Allegheny Ridge" Tower sits idle on this June morning awaiting it's final demise. Built by the Pennslyvania Railroad in 1944, it sits at the summit of the eastern cont... (more)

"Work Train at Jay Tower" A Long Island Rail Road work train passes Jay Tower at Jay Interlocking in the Jamaica area of Queens, NY while on its way east to Holban Yard. Jay Towe... (more)

A Washington-bound corridor train speeds past Amtrak's High Street tower, formerly New Haven SS124, at Westerly, RI. The NH used this pagoda design for a number of towers along its system

A Philadelphia, Bethlehem & New England NW2 works a yard job in Bethlehem, PA, back when Bethlehem Steel was a thriving business and the PB&NE was a busy switching railroad.

With track work ongoing at the former NKP diamonds, a pair of IHB SW1500s bring a string of autoracks west across the mainlines at Hohman Interlocking. Tom Golden photo.

Elephant-style EMD E-Units with the 1955-built ex-CB&Q No. 9986B (E9A) leading a late afternoon commuter train by the old B&O tower at West Brunswick. The unit was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen for... (more)

Union Pacific GP30s 842, 851 and 837 leave East Yard and head south on the railroad's San Pedro Subdivision. As they do, they cross the Santa Fe's Third District at Hobart Tower on July 27, 1975.... (more)

The crew unleashes the power for the road train on Saturday morning. The train will head North to Syracuse Armory Square to switch the Geddes Street Lead.

Like stars dot the sky, interlocking towers (or cabins as the C&O often called them) used to dot the railroad landscape. However, technology rapidly eliminated their need. NJ Cabin stands tall on ... (more)

"Farewell Nassau Tower" New York & Atlantic Railway's RS-40 with EMD GP38-2 #268, heads east past Long Island Rail Road's Nassau Tower in Mineola on the Main Line. On July 11th, 2020 at 10... (more)

"Nines at Valley from LB 1" Long Island Rail Road train 867, consisting of Kawasaki M9s, heads west on "Long Beach (LB) 1" past Valley Tower in Valley Stream, NY on the... (more)