Ann Arbor Railroad steam-powered wrecking crane 3187 saw more than its fair share of derailments during the late sixties and early seventies. Built by the Bucyrus Company in March 1912, it possess... (more)

The Caboose Who Got Loose? A lonely ex-Ann Arbor Railroad streamlined-cupola caboose sits on a small trestle over an unnamed creek about two miles east of Bridgewater. This route was once part of ... (more)

Western Maryland GP35 3577 (Class DS-28) represents an order for five of the second-generation geeps which were delivered in December 1963. They arrived in the then-current black paint scheme and ... (more)

Western Maryland locomotives were literally "lounging" all over the Maryland Junction Engine Facility on Memorial Day, 1975. F7A 241 represents the second order of F7s for the WM. Altogether, sixt... (more)

N&W Operator Mel Marsh lines a signal on the US&S TCS board for a train running on the Toledo Terminal Railroad. This board incorporated a small segment of TCS for the Toledo Terminal in addition ... (more)

We cursed the coming of this severe afternoon storm, but the resulting rainbow was our reward for waiting it out! Right after the Conrail startup, it was anyone's guess what might be residing at t... (more)

C&O GP9 6061 and B&O GP9 6508 switch the south end of Rossford Yard shortly after the passing of an early evening spring storm. On March 3, 1977, and less than a year after I shot this image, B&O ... (more)

On an unseasonably warm April afternoon, B&O GP30 6909 and an unidentified GP38 wait patiently at the Stanley Interlocking for a favorable signal into Conrail's Stanley Yard. I vividly recall the... (more)

The Chessie Steam Special has just left home rails at Walbridge Interlocking and is now on the Toledo Terminal Railroad approaching Wales Road and Vickers Interlocking. It will slowly work its way... (more)

BNSF Jordan Spreader 972657 poses in front of the Izaak Walton Inn on this cool and foggy Rocky Mountain morning. The work train stationed out of Essex will soon take it east of Marias Pass for it... (more)

Brand-spanking new D&RGW Wide Vision caboose 01516 appears to be ready for delivery outisde the International Car caboose shops in Kenton, Ohio. This is the second of ten (01515-01524) built for ... (more)

Conrail 2890 (U30B) and leased Bangor & Aroostook 79 (GP9R) take a spin on the turntable as viewed from the westbound hump tower on a fine fall afternoon. Uninvited and unannounced, a friend and I... (more)

Just a few months into the Conrail era, a former PRR SD45 and another unidentified unit lead a southbound freight past Cold Springs tower and across the diamond of the Erie Lackawanna's Dayton Bra... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder is right on time as it passes the BN helper set waiting for its next assignment in front of the Essex depot, which sat directly across the tracks from the Izaak W... (more)

In a classic scene that can't be replicated today, the helper set out of Essex with F9A 810 (NP 7002D), F9B 809 (NP 7002C) and GP9 1765 (GN 692) has uncoupled from a heavy eastbound manifest they ... (more)