I have a definite soft spot in my heart for this engine. Lighting by handheld flash, twilight sky by Mother Nature.

PCC 3263, wearing the colors of the old MTA, sits on the turning loop at Mattapan station

Nothing To See Here. A quick trip trackside with my two-year-old son revealed nothing special at Nevens Yard. Just MBTA 010 pushing inbound train 2512 towards the downtown station ... (more)

Move It Or Lose It. To be fair, there's not a lot of train traffic in front of the courthouse in Peabody Square. But the flashing lights and blaring horn should have been enough wa... (more)

Well-cared for by display engine standards, B&M 410 stands as a silent memorial to Lowell's industrial past, on trackage she likely knew decades ago when both Lowell and the Boston & Maine were in... (more)

Show Piece. Arguably the center piece of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania's collection, Altoona-built GG-1 #4935 served three owners over a 40-year career before retiring to a cen... (more)

Weekend Off. With the railroad essentially shut down for the New Years holiday, this coal drag for PSNH's Bow plant will have to wait to be unloaded. Not only are no crews on duty ... (more)

Almost There. 142 miles from the SP connection at Cobre and 124 miles from the WP at Shafter, #40 drags her train up through Tunnel 1 on the way to the mine. Only four miles separa... (more)

Ladies In Waiting. DL 3000 and five of her sisters spend a Sunday night idling outside the tower. Come Monday morning, they'll climb over the Poconos to the Delaware Water Gap.

Great Northern on the Boston & Maine. A former Great Northern GP9, now privately owned and spending her retirement on the former Boston & Maine, leads an excursion as part of the more)

Cover Shot. Leaving the Providence area in a hurry, train 167's motor rips across Apponaug Cove. If the location looks vaguely familiar, its because Amtrak used it for the cover of... (more)

Congregating. As the hostlers move AMTK 137 into the shop, a gaggle of other Amtrak units (and a BNSF straggler) come together in Chicago. I count 19 locomotives and a few NPCUs in... (more)

Strange Bedfellows. Awaiting Monday morning's call to duty, two MCER motors spend the night in Palmer. Smartly-painted #960 is a Milwaukee Road veteran (and past benefactor of a MILW... (more)

The MBTA platform at Framingham is usually a less-than-ideal place for photography. At night, however, the platform lights can provide enough glow to shoot a westbound waiting for a signal out of... (more)

As they approach New London Submarine Base, NR-2's crew is treated to open views of the Thames River. Short trains such as this are typical after construction season ends and Tilcon stops stone s... (more)