Grinding up Grade. Moving at a blistering 10mph, 21J works its way up hill into Horseshoe Curve.

The Erie Coke Corporation's in-plant switching railroad is hard at work loading hoppers with product for outbound shipment. A former South Buffalo SW1200 is moving a string of HIPX hoppers that we... (more)

At exactly 10:19AM on July 28th, 2019, the classic PRR signals that stood for over 60 years were removed from service. Scrap crews made quick work of the bridge once is was off of the ROW.

The mining near Soudan, MN began operation in 1882 as a open pit mine operation, and moved to underground mining by 1900 for safety reasons. From 1901 until the end of active mining in 1962, the S... (more)

A Montana Rail Link welder repairs the frog on the east switch at heavily-used Lombard siding in Montana’s Lombard Canyon on July 1, 2019.

A quick visit to the The Shore Line Trolley Museum on Sunday, July 21, 2019 shows how the grounds of the museum have changed radically in the past few years. The foreground has seen significant cl... (more)

Still hangin’ on. The former Lehigh Valley Railroad roundhouse in Pittston, PA is today part of the Reading, Blue Mountain, and Northern Railroad’s Yard. While Pittston Yard itself is presentl... (more)

A 99.8 second exposure at "0419 in the AM" behind the Pennsylvania position lights mounted on Jamestown Road in Portage, PA. A couple weeks later, on June 10th, these signals were removed from ser... (more)

One of the last holdouts of active Missouri Pacific signals is the BNSF Pueblo Subdivision between North Avondale and NA Junction, Colorado. A brief 12 or so mile stretch of railroad entirely dic... (more)

As darkness closes in, the headlights of a westbound NS train illuminate the 254.7 signals and the backside of an eastbound hotshot. These position light signals of the Pennsylvania Railroad era a... (more)

Built in 1961, dismantled in 2019. Bridge no. 9482 was built to carry millions of tons of natural iron ore from mine pits near Eveleth, MN and included Fayal 1, 2 and 3, Cloquet Annex, Pearsall, ... (more)

Severed—forever?
In early March 2014, a 30-foot boulder came crashing down the mountainside above Minturn, slamming onto the Tennessee Pass main line below while breaking in two and de... (more)

The former car floats of the Long Island Rail Road became part of Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City, NY in 1998. The park has been expanding on the waterfront since, and is a popular des... (more)

Both sides of the tunnel.... Wish I could have caught the Big Boy and company here. Pretty good eats across the Interstate at Taggart's Grill.

A passenger heads for the South Concourse of Chicago Union Station in a portion of the facility “remodeled” in 1991 on November 8, 2018. A recent renovation of the main waiting room has recent... (more)