On a warm fall November day, a few Maple leafs have blown up onto CSX's former B&O Toledo to Cincinnati main.

A thin layer of clouds quickly moves across the night sky while the Nickel Plate bracket mast keeps watch over the sleepy village of Miller City. The days are numbered for this sentinel and it's c... (more)

Dusk settles over Pemberville as the hulking three-track signal bridge stands guard at the W.E. of Pemberville center siding. Before too long, darkness will fall and the dispatcher will line a wes... (more)

In the backyard at the CSX's Cumberland Locomotive Shop. The light tan added on structure is the pre inspection and wash building. The locos on the left are probably due for some mechanical or ele... (more)

New version. Hainesburg Junction, 1969, looking east. It's about seven years since the tracks were taken up. Joint Lehigh & New England/Susquehanna trackage began beyond the Susquehanna train orde... (more)

The Nickel Plate bracket mast guarding the east end of Miller City stands tall on a crisp and clear January night while the stars move across the night sky. For a moment, it seems as though the wo... (more)

Hot rail! Fixing a pull-a-part on continuous weld rail requires a few tools and a lot of fire.

The Best Friend of Charleston sits displayed at the 1987 NRHS Convention held in Roanoke Virginia.

A ATSF caboose brings up the back end a BNSF local as it crosses the diamond at Joliet.

With hands raised high, the children in the crowd at St. Paul hope to be one of the lucky ones to catch a toy from Santa.

The large Cemex plant north of Victorville CA is famous for its cool mix of old EMD hood units (including what may be the last SDP35 in the world) - but on the day I was there, the train running t... (more)

Another day on the Chicago Line comes to an end as the aging New York Central bracket mast stands guard at Melbern.

Crews from Cranemasters were able to stabilize and return the Chester, VT 1899 bridge to its upright status, with eventual return to service by September 19. Many more photos of the Irene damage c... (more)

On August 31, with an invite to ride along and explore a 6-mile stretch of trackage not reachable by roadways (as they were completely washed away), a hi-rail trip revealed some serious damage. N... (more)

On August 31, with an invite to ride along and explore a 6-mile stretch of trackage not reachable by roadways (as they were completely washed away), a hi-rail trip revealed some serious damage. T... (more)