A northbound D&H light helper drops downgrade under Starrucca Viaduct at Lanesboro, PA on April 10, 1976 with RS36 No. 5009 and a RS3M.

A westbound autorack train splits the silence alongside the cemetery in Miller City, Ohio. The US&S bracket signal, a sentinel marking this as a former Nickel Plate Road territory, is headed to th... (more)

Fall in Ohio - some color left in the trees, a light fog in the air and little frost on the ground as a coal train works it's way by Vauces Center Siding.

Black Card Trickery. With advance warning that a short Q302 approached Hilldale, I devised a plan. A bit of exposure pre-train to silhouette the signal, a black card (ok, a piece of cardboard) i... (more)

With a little fall color starting to show, CSX 8075 is the sole power for a set of MTYS from Flint, MI to Russell, KY, as it rolls by the east end of Robbins Center Siding.

This C&O cantilever protects the EEDT (East End of Double Track) at Rockland with a pair of double red aspects. Pictured are Second Creek Tunnel, and visible through it is the East portal of Fort... (more)

With CSX slowly wiping out scenes such as this, the westward absolute signal at the West End of Vauces Center Siding displays a clear indication for an approaching westbound. Another clear indicat... (more)

Sunset, Train, Signals, Fire and Smoke

With the center siding, US&S signals and codeline denoting what use to be a typical scene on the C&O, T926 rolls by the West End of Robbins on CSX's Russell, KY to Columbus, OH Northern Subdivisio... (more)

The headlights of an Eastbound illuminate a Westbound train of CSX white hoppers at Callaghan. A 35 second exposure @ f5.6, ISO 400.

A foggy sunrise greets the C&O cantilever at the East End of Vauces center siding outside of Chillicothe. This photo is dedicated to my good friend and fellow railfan Seth Harsch, who took his own... (more)

The illustrious Pennsy E's and business cars roll in toward Chicago Union Station at dusk. Add one more to the huge number of Pennsylvania-adorned passenger trains that this lift bridge has hoste... (more)

Hanging out with friends from CRPA on a foggy Friday night, a Metra glides in toward Union Station. From the Trump Tower on the left to the brick "Fulton Market" building on the right, the skyline... (more)

Under the Stars The Magnolia Cut-off features some of the most remote, scenic, and historic railroading on the CSXT system. Unfortunately, it might be only a few days until these half-centu... (more)