The 50th Anniversary Santa Claus Special nears the end of its run, with local citizens on the ground waiting for the train staff and Santa to heave gifts off the back platform of the business car ... (more)

This colorful wooden stock car was still in service in September 1967 spotted at the NP terminal yard.

Sentinels of History stand in the face of progress on one of CSX's lines in northwestern Ohio, not far from Toledo.

The slogan on this caboose reads, "Everyone gains where courtesy reigns". Ahead pulling this train, a Gas Turbine electric. To see the head end, search photo #639380 and thanks to Rick Erben for t... (more)

Eastbound through a very scenic part of the Overland Route bringing up the markers the old fashioned way. The slogan on the caboose reads, "Don't be curt, be courteous". To see what's pulling this... (more)

The station at McAdam, New Brunswick festive for Christmas, with the trees along the front, and lights along the roof railing. A few weeks ago was Christmas In McAdam, but unfortunately I couldn't... (more)

A hot intermodal train with UPS trailers wastes no time racing north through Folkston, Georgia. 1/40th pan photo.

A three week assignment at the RI Arsenal meant the godfather had some downtime to capture the flavor of Midwestern railroading surrounding the area. This was taken in the terminal trackage at the... (more)

TriMet Max passing a Portland Police Car on Halloween night

This lighted sign once graced a wall inside Colorado’s Denver Union Station advertising Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train operation from Denver to Winter Park, photographed on March 1, 2001.

The signals at Dickerson, MD in the early morning hours in September, 2017 taken from the MARC Station as on oncming eastbound approaches.

An eastbound manifest turns the corner around the curve on the PRR mainline through Mapleton, PA as it turns out, an empty hopper train enters the westbound block at Jacks and activates the 193W s... (more)

The sign at Federal marks the siding a few miles north of Cheyenne.

The tail end of all freight trains back in the 1960s had one of these.

Fifteen or so minutes elapse during this exposure as clouds pass by in front of the moon and the Southern Railway signals at Bessemer City change from approach to clear to guide a southbound down ... (more)