Norfolk and Western caboose 518612 brings up the rear of a freight as it clears the diamonds at Hohman Avenue in Hammond, IN in December of 1988.

A friend and I set up to shoot Conrail local WJAL-18 crossing the ex-CNJ bridge over the Delaware River at Phillipsburg, New Jersey, an infrequent occurrence in 1983. Unbeknownst to us, the consis... (more)

The action take place in unrecognized republic of Abkhazia, a disputed territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus. The status of Abkhazia is a cent... (more)

A CEMR train prepares to head south on the Pine Falls Sub, as they await a clear signal to enter CN's Redditt Sub. The trio of SD40s idles next to Tim Hortons, a major Canadian icon.

A set of New Haven road freight power consisting of two U25Bs bracketing a Century 425 has arrived at Boston from the west and pulled into the service pit at Dover Street Yard for fueling. These d... (more)

A Canadian National SW1200RS drills the CN team track at Brockville, Ontario. It was much less common to see CN local freight activity here than to see a CP switcher from Smiths Falls working the ... (more)

The Gardena Rock Train takes the Wilmington Sub into South Central LA with a newer GE leading.

Sacramento Southern SW8 #2008, formerly an Army brat from the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, passes the Tower Bridge on its way along the Sacramento River. The California State Capitol is in the backg... (more)

When O.S. Nock visited Miyazaki depot he had the good fortune to find this C57 Pacific bedecked with two Japanese flags and a golden chrysanthemum after working the Imperial train. Within hours it... (more)

A High Nose FXE GP40-2 is in charge of the afternoon Mexicali local, still in the old Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México blue paint scheme. Most of these units have sadly had their noses chopped ... (more)

"LIRR MP15s Galore at Borden Ave" Five Long Island Rail Road MP15ACs sit just east of the Borden Ave Crossing at Long Island City awaiting the arrival of the last Ringling Brothers Circus ... (more)

Arkansas & Missouri’s Fort Smith Turn passes the Tyson Foods feed plant in Springdale, Arkansas shortly after getting underway.

Straight GP40s were hard to find on CSX in 2004. This ex-SCL unit was having an identity crisis with it's old paint showing through and a battery door from a former B&O unit.

The CSXT has a limestone loader on the ex-L&N mainline west of Sinks, KY, off the CC Sub. The CSXT use 9 miles off this ex-mainline to access this loader on the west side of Mount Vernon. Here an ... (more)

This is another of those shots I'd always wanted and just got luck this day and stumbled upon it. It seems a bit like honorary street running and just had an incongruous charm about it.

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