Sunset is just about to disappear as night sets in in northern Missouri. A set of crossovers in middle of now where along the Marceline Sub at MP 276, is Gorin. New signal have been cut in to repl... (more)

Hmm... I'll bet if you cut the tree down, counted the number of rings, you'd know roughly how long it's been since the last freight car rolled over these rails.

Stumped? Well, don't get the ... (more)

An eastbound NS hotshot is lined up main #1 at Port Clinton, CP 253. Ex-New York Central signal bridges can still be found along the Chicago Line from Chicago to Cleveland.

An era is starting to come to an end on the ex-Santa Fe mainline. With the upgrade to the signal system for upcoming PTC, BNSF has been replacing alot of older signals along their network. Here ex... (more)

On a cold fall evening in Gridley, California, a hot southbound manifest flies past the old Southern Pacific Searchlights located along the Valley Subdivision.

Some of the exceptionally flat terrain in Northeast South Dakota can give way to some exceptionally brilliant sunsets. Much like this one lighting up sky just west of Aberdeen on BNSF's Mobridge S... (more)

Something you don't get to see everyday at Fullerton. A worker watches as another slices rail off Main #2 at the station. This creates a fantastic show of sparks, flying in all directions. Many p... (more)

The pointless arrow, aka the chevron logo, is still displayed above the entrance to the first station just north of Washington DC. Being protected from the elements, it has aged rather well.

The shop crew of the Strasburg Rail Road captured working on projects. Work progresses on in house projects as well as outside contract work. Here a steel dowel is milled flat while in the backg... (more)

While test shooting a new Sony a77 DSLR I shot this image of the new Township 9 Light Rail station with a green wrapped train on a cool clear fall day in Sacramento. I have been wanting to get a ... (more)

Is it just me or do both inner wheels seem smaller?

The low profile of ore cars allows for a great view from the cupola of this extended vision BN caboose as an all-rail ore train enters Wisconsin from Minnesota. The rear of the train contains vete... (more)

Union Pacific MOW workers start on early on a cold morning as they continue to rebuild the Altoona yard.

Construction crews use excavators to lift a prefab switch into place in Cameron, Wisconsin. Canadian National has taken control back from Wisconsin Northern when the frac sand plant opened up on t... (more)

The brand new yard is being built for the Superior Silica sand plant located at Poskin, Wisconsin. Now Canadian National, this line used to be operated by the Soo Line railroad and then by the Wis... (more)