Portrait of a Railroader. Conductor Steve Culver is the defacto King of the Alaska Railroad's winter passenger train. A 40+ year ARR veteran he is #2 on the railroad's seniority roster an... (more)

Southern Caboose X690 brings up the tail end of a westbound as it nears Louisville.

A westbound CSX empty hopper train illuminates the interior of Carothers Tunnel.

The target

Repeating shapes in the A&R's new yard at River Terminal outside Fayetteville

The old ways are the best ways. With opening a little more than a month away, Sound Transit shuts down the new line for a day of track repairs and leveling. The vehicles traveling down this... (more)

The remains of the old Chief Wawatam slip still stand in 2010. Nowadays, the Coast Guard cutter "Mackinac" rests where the mighty Chief once did. Unfortunately, the remains of the Chief were recen... (more)

The urban right-of-way

An elegant solution for a difficult problem: From the powerhouse building on Washington & Mason Street, cables run out at a steady 9.5mph through much of downtown San Francisco powering one of the... (more)

Tracks of the former State Belt Railway slope upward toward the San Francisco bay, reflecting the afternoon sun. The State Belt Railway served the waterfront of San Francisco up until the 1980s.

Wanna go for a spin? Members of the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway Museum crew watch as Trainman Stewart Rhine demonstrates the turntable capability of the museum's new Model ... (more)

A nice view from my hotel window in downtown Salt Lake City.

An old ALCO used to work the grain elevator in town takes the day off.

Late afternoon in what was once a busy ticketing area.

These little machines are Field Pushers and Pig Pushers. Operated by longshoremen, they move on a narrow gauge track adjacent to the rail yard tracks. These machines are used to move loaded coal c... (more)