Back in the CP Rail era, the eastbound Canadian's scheduled ten-minute stop at Banff, Alberta, provided a chance for passengers to stretch their legs and photographers to jump off for a quick shot... (more)
Ex-GO Transit car AMT 1101 is parked in front of Hays Station at Exporail.
Multimarked crane. Multimarked CP 414501 is a 250-ton self-propelled wreck crane built by Industrial Brownhoist that is preserved at Exporail.
This LORAM rail grinder is cleaning up a few rough spots near Machens, Missouri in the late afternoon sun. They were friendly guys, but at the time I was careful not to get too close, as not to g... (more)
This Louisville & Nashville railway postal car (RPO) is like a time capsule. It sits inside at the museum at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA. All of the mail slots are still l... (more)
This rotary snow plow was built in 1898 in Patterson at Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works. The tender was replaced in 1940 by a PRR tender. The rotary ploew was retired in 1965 and moved to the S... (more)
A little nod to the heritage and history of the line in the form of a nice static display outside of the Progressive Rail offices in Lakeville, MN.
By the light of the moon. Missabe Road era signals still guard movements along the CN Iron Range Sub. For how much longer?
All red at CP Morgan. The Pennsy position lights have been guiding trains through Racine Avenue in Chicago since the 1920's. Over the next few days, they will be taken out of service and replaced ... (more)
The perils of urban railfanning. A UP transfer rounds the curve at Division and pulls to a stop near the St. Paul Union Depot where they will wait for a barge to pass before they can proceed over ... (more)
A full moon rises behind the old Norfolk & Western CPLs in Radford, VA, on a cold Spring night.
A depressing sight at this once thriving coal loadout, as CSX coal gons rust away.
A dozen newly refurbished ballast cars that were re-done at the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Repair facility sit on a spur track waiting to get that new paint scratched during the first load... (more)
The old Norfolk & Western CPL signals in Radford yard stand proud in the blistering July Virginia heat.
The headlight of an eastbound NS intermodal lights up the CP in the small hamlet of Camden, Ohio. The stories the barn on the right could tell.