Moments before sundown, a 78 car coil steel train approaches downtown Flagstaff on Sept. 19, 1994. The old Route 66 bridge above Santa Fe's Seligman Subdivision is in the background.

The days of the PRR Position Light Signals are numbered. Here in probably its last winter, helper set pushes its ethanol train over the mountain past the vintage mast signals.

Amtrak P42DC #187 shoves Amtrak Capitol Corridor Train #728 through Newark.

Dropping downgrade into the small community of Hurley, Virginia, NS westbound loaded train U60 passes the unique N&W signals in Hurley on the Buchanan Branch.

On a cold December night, NS train 18M is seen lighting up the West portals of the Montgomery Tunnels. The New 'Vader' signals are seen ready to replace the still active CPL signals at a moments n... (more)

The R&N turn to Conrail's Reading yard has just returned to home rails with a long string of empty hoppers. After some more hoppers on the siding are added, 8850 HP of 4-axle U-boats will take th... (more)

Falling snow makes red beams of light from the west wye switch at Yocum Connection.

The drab winter landscape in the woods at Elmhurst are brightened by the passage of five D-L ALCOs hauling grain loads east to Pocono Summit. This crew would soon be working the propane dealer an... (more)

"NS Lite Power Thru Waldwick"

Into the Storm: A trio of Montana Rail Link SD45-2s head west on BNSF Railway train H-KCKSPO1-24 on Dec. 28, 2014. The train will take Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision on its way across ... (more)

A set of helpers on the rear of NS mixed freight train 64R passes under the unique signals at Summerhill, PA on the West Slope on a clear fall evening.

Another CSX oil train with no CSX power - train K038-19 behind a BNSF/NS combo rolls through Yardley, PA destined for Philadelphia, PA.

3 Dash 9's stagger up as the come westbound through Wyomissing Junction Photo by Shawn A Leightcap

"YN2 Pair Along the River"

Once a very busy junction at the meeting point of the Ashland Freight Main, the Ashland Passenger Main, and the C&O Lexington Subdivision, the C&O era signal bridge still stands guard for trains o... (more)