It’s a gorgeous sunny Sunday afternoon on the first day of October in Downtown Chicago, as Metra 115 outbound to Joliet gets underway as it departs LaSalle Street Station and is seen here crawli... (more)

Tower A5. While no longer manned, Tower A5 is still used for maintenance of way by Metra. On this particular day, the venerable tower witnesses the passage of Amtrak Hiawatha train #338, he... (more)

Another day at work, before the Interstate ruined the scene. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Hoop It Up! Railroaders remember all too well when orders would be handed up when passing a tower, reenacted at the night shots with newly repainted PRSL/CMSL 2000 at the Tuckahoe Tower. ... (more)

Amtrak 79 charges by the old crossing guard tower at downtown Enfield on the A Line, early into their trip through North Carolina.

CN train A491 with the WC heritage engine slams the diamonds at JB Tower.

"Lady Liberty Visits Home"

CSX Coal Drag C742 passes through the interlocking at Doswell Junction.

CSX Train I031 rolls past the tower at Doswell Junction heading south on the CSX RF&P Sub.

EL By SA. Conrail Shared Assets OI-16 is a daily freight that brings cars from Oak Island Yard in Newark, New Jersey to Browns yard in Sayreville, New Jersey. Its round trip is usually the ... (more)

The second to last Chicago to Milwaukee bound Amtrak Hiawatha of the day, train #339 pops around the corner as it passes the 100+ year old Tower A2 just outside Downtown Chicago with one of Amtrak... (more)

A CSX local takes headroom at Delray while switching Fort Iron & Metal.

The position lights in the background were soon to fall, the JC Bair building behind the train would burn down shortly, and the P42 itself will likely be gone soon. Who'd have thought that the Pen... (more)

York has never looked so good!

One of the LTEX GP15-1s is paired up with a Ma & Pa CF7 to switch cars in Poorhouse Yard in York.