A GLC work train passes the old train station at Traverse City. They are heading to the west side of town to drop ties.

Because of the horrible weather National Train Day almost didn't happen for me but it wasn't a total wash out so I went for it. Here is CP 609 passing the two last historic railroad buildings left... (more)

The Coast Starlight leaving the platform at Union Station amidst National Train Day celebrations in Portland. Among the displays was the SP&S 700 4-8-4, partially visible next to the station.

At dusk, an eastbound Milwaukee Road fruit block waits to depart Avery.

A gaggle of cabeese - inbound on the Evansville line - passes Amqui tower. The Louisville line - still referred to as the main, but long eclipsed in traffic by the Evansville line - is just out o... (more)

A good friend of mine conductors CP 450 as it passes Tim Stockwell and I at the XO Tower that used to be the switch house for northbound trains entering the old D&H and B&M rail yard which was rig... (more)

Nevada Northern’s Currie depot sits forlorn and unused as a local dog inspects the weed covered main line of the NNRY, waiting for a train that will seemingly never come on February 6, 2006.

CP Train 608--a loaded crude oil train--passes XO Tower in Mechanicville, NY as it heads south for Albany. XO Tower--once responsible for controlling movements in and out of the old Mechanicville... (more)

A Norfolk Southern intermodal train passes by the decomissioned Alto Tower on a beautiful spring morning.

Northbound GNRR freight passes the beautfully restored station in downtown Holly Springs.

A CNJ survivor and Scranton landmark - built in 1891 at the top of a switchback, this freight house served as the Western most terminus for the railroad originating in Jersey City. An equally imp... (more)

CN 4929 switches in Durand Yard, the historic Durand depot can be seen in the background

Amtrak's Lancaster Station - built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1929, rebuilt in 1999 and since renovated in 2009. Currently, the interior is receiving similar treatment restoring a Lancaster ... (more)

This remaining B&O tower at Leipsic gives us reminder of days passed. Guarding this diamond XN tower once protected the interlocking in conjunction with the Nickel Plate RR. Another days sun arise... (more)

After leaving Superior, WI and with work to do in Carlton, MN and Cloquet, MN, the Grand Rapids local arrives at it's namesake destination with cars for the Blandin paper plant, the towns biggest ... (more)