In one of the most unique scenes you could find in 1995 American railroading, custom electric wide-gauge ore transfer cars cruise through the Bethlehem Steel plant on the elevated line. Unfortunat... (more)

How many small towns across this country have a depot in just such condition? Tucked away in the quaint village of Pittstown, NJ, down what seems to be a private driveway (but is actually a public... (more)

Needing a break from I-95, we made a brief stop in Ashland, where it was only a few minutes before a northbound Amtrak came through downtown.

Denver's first measurable snowfall of the 2015-2016 winter arrived on November 5th, and the mountains to the west saw a few inches of accumulation by the time the clouds lifted. Here a westbound B... (more)

It's sunset literally and figuratively for the GE box cabs in commuter service on the CN around Montreal.

Here in Colorado, the best conditions for winter photography are often found well into spring... like the last day of April, for instance! Down in Denver it was mostly coming down as rain, but abo... (more)

Looking out from within the steam-era 3 bay engine house of the Aberdeen & Rockfish. For more on the A&R and their vintage EMD roster, check out the article in the current issue of "Locomotive."

The forecast thunderstorms never appeared, instead a textured blue and white sky covers Cary as CSX local F742 heads toward Raleigh. This SD40-2 may be beat up, but it's a great change from the us... (more)

Tonight while witnessing this piece of history, I was reminded of Field of Dreams. Early on, Kevin Costner stands up and admires the baseball field he has created where there once was a profitable... (more)

This locomotive has seen a whole lot of service since it was built for the Santa Fe in 1951. Here it's coupled up nose-to-nose with one of the A&R's GP38s, awaiting some TLC after coming up from t... (more)

"Seven hundred tons of metal a day..." The pour. With only a matter of weeks left before the blast furnaces at Bethlehem Steel would fall silent and cold, I was fortunate enough to see this monume... (more)

Just your average century-old shortline engine house

Passengers on the Durango & Silverton's last Cascade Canyon train of 2018 are treated to a spectacular winter wonderland as their train creeps along the famous High Line above the Animas River.

The Toltec Rattler Redux at Windy Point - worth the whole trip in one photo. To mark the 50th anniversary of their first photo charter, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic RR ran 2 photo freights on Oct... (more)

Charlotte's light rail stations are well-lit and colorful spots for night photography.