The N-2 style dwarf signal at NE Toe River, dating back to the days of the Clinchfield Railroad, shines down the former CRR mainline as a nearly full moon illuminates the Blue Ridge Mountains.

A beam of light exits the Altapass Tunnel, backlighting the classic Clinchfield signal, as an empty coal train heads southward, screaming through tight confines as it negotiates the Black Mountain... (more)

I was on assigned to Sunnyside yard and worked a few midnight shifts in the summer of 2006. Imagine my surprise to find a sign painted on the brick of a building for Pullman Porter sign out. I fe... (more)

Dating back to the Conrail days, the unique dwarf signal at Swanton is seen lit late on an August night less than a month before it was taken out of service.

A side by side comparison of the old, vs new Darth Vader style signals that are being installed in various spots along the Springhill Subdivision.

There is not much left of the old Oregon, California & Eastern Railway in and around Klamath Falls, OR. OC&E Caboose No. 2006 on display next to the OC&E Woods Line State Trail in Altamont, OR.

Highlighted here, we see a close up view of the last remaining operational Wig-Wag signal on BNSF's system. Located in Delhi, CO this signal continues to withstand the test of time, as it sees onl... (more)

The intermediate semaphores of Bernal, New Mexico stand tall over the high desert as stars in the skies above give way to a powerful monsoonal storm.

The sun sets behind the Lowell intermediates as track 2 gets knocked down to red for a North bound.

The milky way rests above the skies of Delhi, Colorado as the historic mainline wig wag stands dormant over the southern Colorado grasslands. It has been recently rumored that this historic piece... (more)

A fixed semaphore stands tall in the faint glow of the 2017 eclipse in totality.

One of many eastbound freight trains on Norfolk Southern's busy Chicago line over the course of the night splits the now gone 309 intermediates from the days of the NYC.

Dark, derelict, abandoned. Waiting for a train that will never come.

Taken just before three O'clock in the afternoon, the darkness from the August 21'st solar eclipse begins to recede and the day returns to normal on the silent Saluda Grade in Western North Carol... (more)

A tiny sliver of the sun is visible in the sky overhead as the solar eclipse begins to recede and daylight returns amidst the afternoon. All is quiet at Melrose as the signal stands dark for the 1... (more)