Temporary Stablemates. With Guilford having acquired newer six-axle power, the remaining GP9s have been largely put out to pasture, like #71 here on lease to Horizon Milling. With ... (more)

The twin bores of Somerville. In a shot you really don't want to try on a weekday, a Lowell train leaps over the only entrance to a busy industrial/commercial area, which was once part of ... (more)

This odd beast was created from an REO Speedwagon bus. I believe its ancestry traces back to the Maine Central, but I'm not certain. The bell on the front is a nice touch!

Taking A Breather. With two of his charges simmering quietly behind him, the roundhouse foreman takes a moment to enjoy a warm July night while he ponders his next move. A night... (more)

Upriver. Each winter, the Valley Railroad stays busy late into the Christmas season with holiday runs along the scenic Connecticut River. On an unseasonably warm December afternoon... (more)

Something New. Two things in this scene took a little getting used to for this photographer. One is the MBTA locomotive without the traditional ghetto bars over the windshields. T... (more)

73 years of steam development - the 1939 replica of the 1832 John Bull next to the 1905 4-4-0

Hiline Junction. 93 gets a roll on through Hiline Jinction, a few miles north of Ely. From here, the branch that the train is on ran northeast to reach the copper concentrator on t... (more)

Different Eras Meet. Although December is definitely not beach weather in New England, I nonetheless visited Niantic Beach to record 2002-built Acela Express rolling across the 1907... (more)

Interloper. The Strasburg's lone EMD locomotive slumbers outside the shop. A few years prior to this photo, I shot this same engine in Bellefonte in the bright green paint scheme o... (more)

Priorities. Even though E729 arrived at Mexico before the Q137, the crew of the empty coal drag still must sit and wait for the higher-priority train to get through before they can ... (more)

With the late-afternoon shadows growing long, #10 returns to Alna, passing the enclosed water tank at the north end of the yard. Near the storage shed, volunteers discuss their days' work with th... (more)

Heading Home. Catching a brief sucker hole in the cloud cover, Metra 2129 departs the Windy City for Fox Lake with commuters lucky enough to be able to get out of work early on a Tu... (more)

Rolling through an industrial section of West Hartford, CNZR heads northwest towards Bloomfield with an excursion operated in conjunction with the 2009 NMRA National Convention, which wrapped up t... (more)