Hoop 'Em Up!: There are some things in railroading that have been lost to time. Hooping train orders to crews is one. With nothing to date this shot, this could have been the late 70's, a c... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 8, Delaware Lackawanna: Most of the action occurred on the first day of my visit to the DL, but on the second morning I was rewarded with DL3 pulling a cut of grain loads to... (more)

A brace of former Espee SD9E's, freshly dressed up in NWPs spiffy paint scheme. However, in just a short time the NWPs luck would hit a downward spiral that would end up in eventual bankruptcy.

The SOO Duo: After a night of severe weather, the two SOO GP38's stand ready to depart with H20 at Oakland. Lighting is being provided by a very late 199, coming in for a crew change. Taken... (more)

One of the new KCSM heritage units sits at the KCS E. St. Louis engine facilities on a warm spring night. Quite a contrast to the gray KCS switchers. Canon 350D

Can you say L-U-C-K? I was super excited when I realized I was going to get this shot, it had to be timed just right, as all three trains were moving.

EMD's are all over the place here, whether in peices, or the whole thing . . .

How's this for sweet power? One of only three remaining C&NW's, and a ex SP. After hog lawing about three times, and sitting in sidings for up to 12 hrs., MNLTR 19 finally notches out on the home ... (more)

MRS 255, an EMD SW1500, pulls 3 empty covered hoppers out of the A-B brewery, and yes, that is a woman railroader riding the front steps.

On a late summer evening, I get down from the Katy heritage unit to do a roll by for a passing Southbound manifest while in the hole at Gard. Photo taken by D. Sanderbeck with my camera. Canon 350... (more)

The Last Interurban: In a scene unique to the Iowa Traction Railway, the setting sun highlights the maze of poles and overhead trolley wire in the Emery yard, as IATR 54, the railroads newe... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 3, CVSR: A quick stop in Akron on my way East allowed me to catch the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic coming into the Akron station stop. This C420 was recently repowered with a MTU ... (more)

Severe Railroading: UP manifest MASNP 09 screams through Kirkwood, as a raging severe storm drops another lightning bolt, this was literally a one-in-a-million shot.

In a lost image of railroading, the tower operator at Ridgley Interlocking lines a movement through the plant, Ridgley is the last armstrong tower on the UP with operating rods. Canon 350D.

The Beer Railroad: Digging through old photos, it seems that in my youth, I spent lots of time at the "Manny", which was owned by the Anheuser-Busch brewery in South St. Louis. MR... (more)