At mile post 2 the morning job returning with empties and 13 loads of lumber. I get a "like" from Brandon! This morning was tricky, with sun trying to break through the fog. A big fir appears t... (more)

ET-5 (yellow/red) and ET-1 (blue/white) stand by for their next assignment while ET-4 heads in to grab 2 bottle cars.

FCR 501 enjoys a rest (and the rays) in sunny historic Fernandina Beach in front of the massive Rayonier plant that employs 350 people.

A quad of shiny United States Steel SW1200s find themselves in Union Pacific's Provo Yard. The four little EMD yard goats were built new for the Missouri Pacific in the mid-1960s. USS purchased th... (more)

I am heading Up North in April. I guess nostaglia got the better of me.

Engineer Paul Pleasant rolls a cut of cars through the bustling little town of Kingsland enroute to St Marys under an armed escort.

The little train in a big world. With the operator riding on the front of the first bottle car (the little orange speck) the remote controlled ET-1 begins to build speed for the ramp to the BOF ah... (more)

EFRX 109 shoves it's short two car train down the siding at Maltby, enroute to Snohomish Junction.

A WVN mine run was climbing out of a mine spur near Howesville, WV on August 18, 1975 with SW1200 No. 52 and NW2 No. 50.

The climb on the WVN to to the B&O interchange at Tunnelton, WV was a brutal one and five or six loaded hoppers was the limit for the two switchers. On May 5, 1978, a mine run was struggling upgr... (more)

On May 5, 1978, when shooting the West Virginia Northern, the weather seemed to change by the moment. When we started at Kingwood, we had fog. By the time we got to Chapman, it had turned to driz... (more)

The morning fog was beginning to lift when the WVN went to work on the morning of May 5, 1978 with SW1200 No. 52 and NW2 No. 50. The facility was an interesting mix with a modern diesel shop resi... (more)

A WVN mine run was climbing up the grade up to the switchback near Chapman, WV in a spring shower on May 5, 1978 with SW1200 No. 52 and NW2 No. 50.

Nicely equipped and beautifully maintained. Check out those switch target lamps. We miss them.

Two icons take a break on the shortline St. Marys Railroad deep in southeast Georgia. Richard has been railroading a total of 53 years, while the switcher was built in 1960. Terrific little operat... (more)