This was the first plan to deal with an errant drawbar. It might not have worked out the way it was intended, but the strap held for about a mile or so. The goal of getting the car into the ne... (more)

Not your typical "coupler pan" shot. The trailing centerbeam flatcar dropped it's drawbar about a mile or so back. At about 3 mph they made it about half mile before the strap that was holding t... (more)

At sunrise on January 6, 2011, BNSF's Denver to Chicago Z-train flies eastbound at Barr, Colorado, with the morning sun silhouetting UPS “pup” trailers headed for the Windy City.

A trio of cabooses sits quietly under the passing clouds at the Allentown & Auburn shops in Topton, PA

The signals at Belcher silhouetted against a dark and foggy sky.

The anti fossil fuel crowd held a protest in Albany on Saturday May 14th. The railroad fenced off the yard and secured sensitive areas and under a heavy police presence, the protesters were allowe... (more)

The newly restored Southern Railway Big John rolls out of Spencer yard behind 3170 and 2601.

The morning sky explodes with a vibrant display of colour over the CSX Terminal Subdivision at Depew, New York. These New York Central target signals are existing on very short time and are expect... (more)

How many railroads have their own manhole covers? At the crossing of the MILW and the EJ&E in Rondout.

Milwaukee Road's Lake tower on the south side of Milwaukee, was burned by vandals in the summer of 1989. Although the SOO owned the tower at the time, I believe it was closed by the time of the SO... (more)

The Pullman car brings up the rear of the Westbound Pelican as it leaves Christiansburg, Virginia, bound for Radford where it will turn and return to Roanoke.

The CN has started to do heavy work in Michigan to replace alot of the older GTW style signals for the upcoming PTC cutover. One of the cooler GTW signals still left is this cantilever signal at M... (more)

Looking south on the old Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range railroad laid tracks that once served the Thunderbird South coarse crusher loadout which came online in 1976 to help feed the Fairlane pelle... (more)

A former Conrail caboose trails NS local freight TS29 out of Sharon Yard at CP 246 as they head out to switch out a couple of customers between here and Milepost 245.

Though the fate of coal trains is unknown, it is safe to say change is bound to come. Coal train 819 passes the endangered N&W Color Position Light signals (CPL's) as it heads West along the Pulas... (more)