Standing out here at West Ethel during the night was pretty relaxing. Nothing could be heard except bullfrogs, crickets, and 1 dog barking most of the night. Every once in awhile the sounds of GE'... (more)

An eastbound CSX coal drag curves through the color position light signals at Amblersburg, West Virginia, at dawn on a foggy autumn morning. The 80-car train is entering the heart of Cranberry Gra... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal, train no. 50, arrives for a flagstop at Thurmond, West Virginia, in the heart of the New River Gorge.

BNSF 797 South begins its climb up the Tehachapi Mountains, as it passes under one of two remaining cantilever signal bridges still in service between Bakersfield and Mojave.

Rush hour! A Metra express flies west on track 2 under the ex-CB&Q signal bridge by the Highlands station. A 'suburban' making the station stops on track 1 can be seen under the middle sign... (more)

The hind end of NS 217 slips under the CPL's guarding the east end of Park Street.

The old Santa Fe Transcon has always been known for fast trains and cool signal bridges. Well the times are changing with the BNSF. Alot of the trains weren't screaming along like old times this n... (more)

CNW intercity passenger bilevels head south with 2 motors and 6 cars. The lead covered wagon was preserved by the Lake Shore Railway Assn. as Lorain & West Virginia #101.

Mixed train daily. Except for the semaphores, this is a pretty ordinary picture. But what I find interesting eight years later is what is on the rear of the train, a long mixture of material han... (more)

West Absolute Signal Pence Springs, population zero. Alone with my thoughts while the camera paints a scene invisible to the naked eye. The crescent moon obscured by a layer of clouds, coupled w... (more)

Some 44 years and change after Tom Sink's recently-posted photo, I found myself at the same location, only I was sur... (more)

Semaphore Drop
A semaphore goes through all the motions on a crisp February night at the Calera Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum.

Ahh, Townwood. One of my favorite places to just "sit and watch." Even though nearby Leipsic has the added bonus of CSX's Toledo Subdivision, I find this middle-of-nowhere spot to be much more ... (more)

A brilliant bolt of purple lightning makes an awesome backdrop for the interlocking signals at CP-431 in Depew, NY

A BNSF priority manifest works upgrade in a light snowfall, as a dwarf signal protects movement out of the siding at Tehachapi Summit.