The Capitol Limited passes the Metro Twinbrook station. Hopefully all of the complicated hardware seen on the Metro tracks (lower 2) are being looked at as part of the SafeTrack effort, a series ... (more)

Northbound grain emerges out of the fog into early morning sun. A Chase Gunnoe photo charter.

The sun has set but the need for passenger transportation in a major European city never goes away, so the grand terminals live on. One can enjoy a similar view while dining in the restaurant jus... (more)

Crooks Terminal Warehouse operated warehouses in Kansas City, and perhaps other cities, in addition to Chicago. For more shots of the Zephyr Pit area that day, see Railroad: RTA (Chicago)
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: RTA 109
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May 21, 1981

This venerable, or soon to be venerable, B40-8 awaits its next move as rain approaches; drops would begin to fall within an hour. Note the pseudo bumper stop at the end of track, borrowed from an... (more)

The Capitol Limited passes an autorack set out onto the spur that formerly was the beginning of the Georgetown Branch. The autorack has fresh paint from the graffiti artists I witnessed a few min... (more)

Thalys maintains a few small on-platform shelters to supplement the waiting areas downstairs.

Among the many pieces of hardware on the front of this unit is something resembling a shower head!

A Copenhagen area commuter DMU train approaches Osterport station, seen through the underpass below Dag Hammarskjolds Alle; the station is at and below the street and platforms stick out in both d... (more)

As the last MARC train of the day heads west, disembarked passengers head for their cars across the tracks, by street, pedestrian crossing, or even across the rails. [The distant cars are the end... (more)

Engines gather in the yard for servicing; CN 89 is in the background. A Peter Lerro photo charter.

Plumes go UP! From time to time we have seen a shot taken from a cab window of a train on a bridge, pointing down. This is the reverse view.

For other shots from the WMSR Foundation/L... (more)

The Moment of Sunrise

Thanks to George Hamlin whose footsteps at this location I have tried to follow, hopefully not too closely.

My other Neabsco shots are Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: GE P42DC
Location: Neabsco, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 84
Train ID: CSX P086
Photo Date: December 29, 2011

The yard has changed (no tower, no CPLs, a few changes to the track arrangement) but the process remains much the same; the Capitol Limited heads east. In the background is a rail train; the caboo... (more)

The trash train passes the many newspaper, classifieds, and real estate publication dispensers at the end of the MARC station platform; the station is just off the right side of the image, on the ... (more)