The summer of 1994 found me in Kansas City for an internship with a flight school at Kansas City Downtown airport. This was a great time to be in the area, as several Class 1s were still around b... (more)

TSBY 2681 leads the Cadillac Turn south through Shepherd returning to Owosso. At the time, I was perturbed about the non-painted leader on this trek to photograph vintage GP35s, but in retrospect... (more)

In a scene which depicts where older GE fans stand in today's modern railroading scene, LSI 3002 is reduced to a burning pile of rubbish at the Lake Superior & Ishpeming's shop in Eagle Mills, MI.... (more)

After leaving a cut for the Arizona Eastern at the interchange in Clifton, a 4 pack of Phelps Dodge GP38-2s climb the steep grade back to the copper mines. These units are specially geared for th... (more)

A late summer afternoon finds Austin Area Terminal Railroad (AUAR) Gandy Turn heading north from McNeil, crossing Highway 171 under the conductor's protection because gates have just been installe... (more)

The Elk River Railroad continues as a viable operation, essentially serving as a switching operation for a car repair and storage operation in Gassaway, WV. The railroad recently repainted its tw... (more)

An eastbound manifest rolls through the curves in Matfield Green, a spot pretty much defined by railroad stations, not towns. Thanks to my friend John Rost, who dragged me away from shooting rost... (more)

Like many railfan trips, this day's forecast was "Sunny." While it did wind up that way later, the first train of the morning was found in foggy conditions brought on with cold fall air... (more)

A typical busy morning on the Fairfield Southern, as remote jobs do their work shoving iron ore pellets into the steel mill. While presently commonplace on any given morning, this scene (which is... (more)

A scene which has played out in so many locations in 2014 is well demonstrated on this August day in Birmingham. While the venerable cantilever is still in place and governing movements, its PTC-... (more)

A scene which was once common all over the United States is now nearly extinct-- a true logging railroad. The Simpson Timber Company operated the last true logging railroad in the US, but the rai... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern train T31 is returning to Canton from Asheville with a train of loaded woodchips and other products for the paper mill in Canton. Even though I grew up in the era when SD45s w... (more)

After pulling out onto the CSX mainline at Maysville, the pushers now lead the train for the short journey to the coal facility in Maysville. Much has changed in the past 5 years-- the U36Bs are ... (more)

Finally, on the fourth try, I got the CWRY running intermodal with home road power. All CSX cars are moved with CSX power, but NS trains V14/V07 power does not go all the way to the APM Terminal,... (more)

A recent visit to Birmingham made me go back and review some old slides. At first glance, the new Birmingham Terminal Railway which now operates this line seemed mostly the same. Then I took a l... (more)