Sometimes there is more action in the sky than on the rails.
Over the Canal. As people enjoy a stroll in the unseasonably warm weather, the payload and caboose of a High & Wide train crosses over the Columbia Canal on its way to Cayce Yard. These H&... (more)
A Southern Rwy scale test car sits in the Wheel Balancing Shed at Spencer shops, NC. The shed, built in 1944, houses a set of eight Fairbanks scales connected to the tracks where steam locomotives... (more)
My guess is this was originally a Brookville loco used for mining but now it has been repurposed as a the welcome sign for Larry's Truck and Electric in McDonald, OH.
Snow clearing efforts taking place at CN's Keenan yard as some more snow falls. Lots of stored DMIR ore cars fill out a couple of tracks.
Geometry train W001-05 is northbound, and seen here traveling through Malone. The car bringing up the rear (observation car) has a big window allowing CSX officials, inspectors, and anyone with p... (more)
On a clear, starry night, the Union Switch and Signal T-2 Semaphores stand quietly against the dark sky in Colmor, New Mexico. Having served for over 100 years, these signals have numbered days as... (more)
“Now boarding the midnight train to nowhere” while not a mainline station like Atlanta or Macon, Milledgeville was still served by the old Central of Georgia Railroad and Georgia Railroad and ... (more)
A southbound freight on the CN Rainy Sub knocks down the signal at Ramshaw as they glide over the CN Iron Range Sub.
The photographer Lewis Hine is known today as a man who worked toward reform for the working person. His photography highlighted the extreme conditions they worked in. What is less known is he did... (more)
A CN freight quietly glides up the Missabe Sub under the northern lights.
The signals at Iron Jct. shine bright on a foggy evening as they protect movements along the CN Missabe sub.
A southbound freight approaches the Ramshaw green over red signal while lighting up the fall foliage along the way as the northern lights provide some color in the sky.
The signals at Fairlane on the CN Missabe sub provide the ground level reds while the northern lights provide the greens in sky above.
It's almost midnight and iron ore pellets led by two rebuilt GEs bounce over the Ramshaw diamond as they head south.
