The MEC 610 and 603 just set off the RJED cars in the yard and maneuver to the ready track on a foggy afternoon.

Certainly the most impressive feature of the Lackawanna main line between Scranton and Binghamton is the Tunkhannock Viaduct, the largest concrete structure in the world when completed in 1915. Of... (more)

The Vandalia Railroad's lone engine, SW9 104, sits at the line's office in a former tower in Vandalia, Ill. The Vandalia operates three miles of ex-Illinois Central trackage. The tower guarded a d... (more)

Quad Goodwin/ALCo branchliners 48149, 48124, 48116 and 48132 rumble up grade on approach to Harden with a pre-dawn empty grain shuttle bound for nearby Cunningar. 48149's headlight is illuminating... (more)

With North America's largest interlocking tower in the background, N&W 1218 works its way south (railroad east) along the former Nickel Plate main on a passenger special. Tom Golden photo.

A Conrail N7B caboose brings up the end of an eastbound train passing Banks tower. Enola yard and eight hours of rest are only about five miles away.

Owned by Centennial Coal and operated by Southern Shorthaul Railroad, a trio of UGL/GE C44ACi locomotives lead an empty rake (hopper) train past the long-closed Wallerawang Signal Box (in US parla... (more)

The rumors regarding the demise of the BE Tower at CP 194 on the NS Chicago Line are greatly exaggerated. Here the venerable old structure stands ready to greet the approaching train NS 15N.

Local job GE99 and it's RPM4C/GP33ECO steps by the ghost of Atlanta's Terminal Station which was demolished in 1972. GE99 still has plenty of moves remaining before the crew's night is complete.

CSX AC6000 664 leads Q124 by the former site of Atlanta's Terminal Station. The former Southern Railway Office building also serves as a backdrop with the remaining Terminal Station South Tower, m... (more)

LENOX TOWER IL Aug 3 1976 -- A Penn Central (or is it Conrail?) SD45 passes Lenox Tower.

Officer, stop that speeder! Speeder 8149 whizzes past the abandoned A68 tower on the C&M sub in Caledonia, WI in May of 1986.

NS Train 38Q rolls through Galitzen. The train is passing by AR Tower and passing under the Pennsy era signals. The lead locomotive consist: NS 6771 (SD60M) (Ex CR 5515) NS 9459 (C44-9W) NS... (more)

After spending time on the Chestnut Ridge interchange while the crew had lunch, the power for Conrail local WJAL-19 returns to its train on the former CNJ main line. Former HX Tower to the left wa... (more)