This bonder uses a spark gun to light the cap that burns hot enough to bond the signal wire to the side of the rail. He will bond 2 wires across this joint to keep the signals in good operation wi... (more)

Rondout Tower operator hands off orders via hoop in the rain to a Canadian Pacific freight heading south into Chicago.

Soo Line GP30 #700 rolls over a trestle across a creek between Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota on the North Shore Scenic Railroad.

The Jichangzhan Tower operator stand proudly next to his bomb proof chair, his collection of phones, and the switchboard. The clock on the wall is in Beijing time as our all the clock in China (no... (more)

The sky lights up late in the day as BNSF 4839 leads with a duo of Norfolk Southern units through the Badlands of North Dakota near Sully Springs.

Full trucks of coal head to the Black Thunder processing plant as a Union Pacific train waits to depart the former Jacob's Ranch Mine now part of Black Thunder.

A broken axle was the cause of this derailment that sent a bunch of well cars and their containers to the ground in Hager City, Wisconsin. Clean up started soon after and went through the night to... (more)

From here you can see the road go down and back up and over the next hill. The clouds seem to be just above our heads. The train, completely in view, can see miles ahead yet before cresting the ne... (more)

TRAINS Magazine 2011 Grand Prize Photo Contest Winner. The view of a falling snowflake. A heavy January snow fall blankets the area in snow while Union Pacific MSSPR makes a set out in Altoona,... (more)

Heavy snowfall from a winter storm has caused more work for the crew of Soo 4410 as the switch into Wabasha yard needs to be cleared before the local can be taken off the main.

Containers of corn are busted open and leaking at their seams as Herzog equipment move and stack the debris off the BNSF mainline.

Large sparks fly as steel wheels short through one of the busiest junctions in the world. Tower 18 on the Chicago L may not still hold that title but the action here is still nonstop. This junctio... (more)

A distributed power unit pushes hard up grade while the snow continues to fly over the Powder River Basin before sunrise on this early morning.

The California Zephyr climbs up the Front Range approaching tunnel one heading westward on the Moffat Route. Last Amtrak station was Denver with the next station in Winter Park just on the other s... (more)

A school bus loads children at the stop near the church as an empty coal train works its way back into the McDowell County coal fields. The train catches a red signal and comes to a stop just befo... (more)