End of the Line... Alaska Railroad Russell snowplow #4 kicks up a little powder on the mainline for the very last time. This vintage piece of equipment was built in August of 1949 and is... (more)

Commuters and tourists mingle before the New Haven boards in the main concourse of Grand Central.

Not your every day shipment! A pair of Soviet tanks long stored in Alaska are secured and ready for shipment south to Seattle. Their destination beyond Seattle was unknown (that's as far ... (more)

This view looks south out the open rear door of ARR Baggage Car #101. The northbound winter Aurora with three cars trailing one SD70MAC is on some fast track as it speeds north through the wilder... (more)

Portrait of a Railroader. Conductor Steve Culver is the defacto King of the Alaska Railroad's winter passenger train. A 40+ year ARR veteran he is #2 on the railroad's seniority roster an... (more)

Southern Caboose X690 brings up the tail end of a westbound as it nears Louisville.

A westbound CSX empty hopper train illuminates the interior of Carothers Tunnel.

The target

Repeating shapes in the A&R's new yard at River Terminal outside Fayetteville

The old ways are the best ways. With opening a little more than a month away, Sound Transit shuts down the new line for a day of track repairs and leveling. The vehicles traveling down this... (more)

The remains of the old Chief Wawatam slip still stand in 2010. Nowadays, the Coast Guard cutter "Mackinac" rests where the mighty Chief once did. Unfortunately, the remains of the Chief were recen... (more)

The urban right-of-way

An elegant solution for a difficult problem: From the powerhouse building on Washington & Mason Street, cables run out at a steady 9.5mph through much of downtown San Francisco powering one of the... (more)

Tracks of the former State Belt Railway slope upward toward the San Francisco bay, reflecting the afternoon sun. The State Belt Railway served the waterfront of San Francisco up until the 1980s.

Wanna go for a spin? Members of the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum crew watch as Trainman Stewart Rhine demonstrates the turntable capability of the museum's new Model ... (more)