Try this on your model layout! An open-air interlocker, complete with semaphore home signal. It appears to have been staffed "as needed." Not an assignment you'd want in January, even in urban ... (more)

Oversized aircraft parts containers on the Boeing local. A good argument for shipping by rail -- can you imagine loads like this on area streets daily?

Got a dimensional load coming? This vehicle seems to have all the necessary measurements covered.

Ex-GTW GP9 1752 spent some time painted for another Michigan attraction!

Two covered wagons, Canadian-built and former Wabash, lie under the watchful gaze of Detroit's Renaissance Center across the river on one of those winter days where the ice crystals in the air mak... (more)

The crew consults on the next move while switching the diminutive yard on the edge of downtown Rutland. Squint and you can imagine the old Rutland RR itself.

Talk about an armstrong plant! These rods activated the switches and signals (including the semaphores in the background) that protected the crossing of the B&O (double track) and DT&I at Hamler,... (more)

Commuter consists crowd the tracks surrounding the Metra shops, awaiting the evening rush. Seen from the south side of the Skydeck, atop Chicago's Willis (formerly Sears) Tower. Make room for th... (more)

Having fought drifts around Windy Point, steam rotary plow OY now uses the rest of the afternoon to clear the yard and wye at Cumbres Summit. The photo line thanks the crew for directing the snow... (more)

The low sun paints a warm glow over the "little" NKP excursion steamer returning from a run to Ohio, probably reflecting the spirits of passengers delighted with their experience on this Bluewater... (more)

A southbound train waits to load passengers from buses before proceeding to Skagway. In deference to Yukon winters, the structure beside the diesel provides shelter for a water tank for servicing... (more)

Southern Pacific's SD39s were ordered with extra ballast for lugging freight through the Tehachapis, but this later date finds a number of them serving in the helper pool out of San Luis Obispo.

I love it when the newer paint starts to wear off and you can see remnants of older liveries peaking through, as on this B&O GP30, starting to exhibit the "sunrise" heritage on its nose.

After 35 years of service, 20 and sister 21 have been put to rest behind the shops. Note the Wabash-era white stripes trying to peek through the orange!

Back in the days before hyper-sensitivity about security issues, railfans had a lot more opportunity to capture views like this, in the heart of Toledo's dock area.