A week after a derailment at CP 7245, a pile of axels and trucks stands steady in the desert winds. If you look behind the "CAT" on the right hand side, you can see one of the autoracks that derai... (more)

A study in lights? At 8:45 p.m. the evening sun lights up the landscape.

The weather was all over the place on this June morning as the eastbound California Zephyr heads east through the Utah Desert. While I'd like to say the lightning was planned, I didn't even know I... (more)

It's just after sunset and the east end of Rodell is all green for MBUVP only minutes from passing through.

A northbound intermodal flys through Kingston yard, past this old switch.

In its heyday a rusty rail would have been an uncommon sight at the former PRR HARRIS Tower. Controlling over 100 passenger movements a day in and out of Harrisburg Station, the tower was quite b... (more)

A relic from the past is still hanging from the ceiling of the abandoned steam locomotive shops at Clifton Forge.

Miscellaneous bolt torque values posted above the service bays of the abandoned diesel shop at Clifton Forge

Part of the old Clifton Forge steam locomotive shop was converted to service diesel locomotives in the 1950s. Here is a view of one of the bays.

60 years ago, steam locomotives had their wheels changed in this room. New tires were fire heated and applied to the wheels on the open floor next to the wheel pits.

A rare tour of the abandoned C&O locomotive shops at Clifton Forge was conducted by the C&O Historical Society. This turntable once spun the huge C&O Class H8 2-6-6-6 steam locomotives.

Bandit sign....The Milwaukee heritage is evident on this sign located at the entrance to the Bensenville Class Yard in 1991.

Two owners removed from The Milwaukee Road, the Milwaukee legacy still lives on in 1991, via this sign, that references the Sprint trains started by The Milwaukee Road.

Empty hopper cars of many fallen flags line the tracks of a small yard at Mounds, UT. this branch line is used by the famed "dirt train" that at one time used DRGW tunnel motors to transport trash... (more)

Shortly after leaving the Houston station, the eastbound Sunset Limited is between the SP Hardy St shops and Englewood Yard. Ex-CZ observation Silver Lookout adds class to the consist.