The BNSF 9647 leads another MAC on empty coal train that is nearing the Mississippi River Bridge and the crossing from Illinois to Iowa at Burlington, IA. The 9647 was the first locomotive to bear... (more)

Smoke (and dust) gets in your eyes! The photographer took advantage of some airborne dust via newly applied ballast to capture this shadowy evening view of a BNSF manifest entering the Red Narrows... (more)

Evening sun highlights the fine lines of the M636 leading the Hornell Turn as it rounds a curve approaching Cuba.

Illuminated by an approaching southbound, this trackage rights train waits for a signal at North Dupo

The eastbound signals for Earville are all red for now as the Mendota Sub has become quiet again. 3 coals loads have just past thru here in the last hour heading to Chicago, IL. These signals prot... (more)

The sun is rising on another day on the Mendota Sub near the small township of Meriden. These classic CB&Q signals litter this subdivision from Galesburg, IL, to Aurora, IL, on the 120 miles of th... (more)

The Galesburg, IL, to Chicago, IL, manifest train starts to pull again at Earlville after waiting for Amtrak's train #380. This train is passing some of the old CB&Q marker that still line this se... (more)

Heading though Marion on the Mt Victory Sub, a westbound train passes a few code line poles which no longer have any code line on them.

On the morning of the famed slideshow "Winterail", a hot Eastbound Z train screams through the flatlands of the San Joaquin Valley, while the tracks are still lined with old ATSF code line.

Anyone want to take a stab at what train this might have been? Figure mid morning and westbound, pulling NH baggage/express and heavyweight PRR/Pullmans in the 1100-series, this pair of EMDs pau... (more)

Loosely inspired by Richard Steinheimer, A Passion For Trains, Plate 97. If you compare the two, of course, you realize instantly why Steinheimer is Steinheimer and Mrozek is Mrozek. I hope to f... (more)

On the day of Winterail, a Southbound San Joaquin from Sacramento rolls into the morning sunrise with one of the State of California's finest EMD F59PHI's doing the dirty work with a clear signal ... (more)

Early morning sun glints off the code line and a westbound grain train between McComb and Shawtown on the former Nickel Plate.

Many aesthetic elements of the railroad earth are fast disappearing as wayside detail is being relegated to generic signal systems and plowed ballast. For now, the SP line over Tehachapi still inc... (more)