Following my previous post showing a railway shunting horse beside a main line train here is another at Grantham having, appropriately, just shunted a horse box. He does not look too happy! Photo ... (more)

Pretty Basic Stuff--Forward or backwards, fast or slow. Beep beep, ding ding.

Tooele Valley Railway's Warner Turn rolls west down Vine Street at the Main Street crossing in downtown Tooele, Utah. Check out all of the GM products pictured including a Chevy Malibu, a Chevy Ch... (more)

As a MOW worker carefully watches the troublesome switches at MG, 6313 gives a braking hand to 12G as a heavy westbound stack train heads up the mountain, all before sunrise.

Camaros and Firebirds galore from General Motors Detroit Assembly Plants roll east. This was during the second recession that I can remember. Thanks to Batman for offering corrections to this inf... (more)

On my 21st birthday I decided to risk it all (LOL) and take the horrible, absolutely disgusting and roughest road ever into Canyon Diablo. Okay, enough with the sarcasm, it wasn't as bad as I've h... (more)

RF&P had a small derailment in the yard at Fredericksburg, VA during the early morning hours of March 6, 1978 when Train No. 105 was making a set off. By daylight a wreck train had arrived from R... (more)

The Date: 1965 and the Conductor helps a lady board Southern Train #14 to Asheville at Barber Junction while her 'finace' waits to board with their baggage in hand. A Special thanks to C... (more)

On my first trip to the USA I packed an awful lot into 2 weeks. I drove Route 66 from Chicago to Williams in Arizona via Memphis where I rode the Grand Canyon railroad. whereas that trip was spect... (more)

It is 1940 and war has been raging for a year in Europe as the family's new 1940 Chevrolet waits for a Soo train to clear the crossing. Actually this is history recreated in 2010 with a Historic ... (more)

Shatner on the Shore Line. Much of the filming for the 1979 ABC-TV movie 'Disaster on the Coastliner', set in California, actually took place in Southeastern Connecticut. Here, a disgruntled eng... (more)

On a chilly March night, the coal unloading process continues, as Bob Mcbrier kicks back and waits for the "that'll do" call from the person on the ground.

At the end of the tracks for a very special, historic train, the hard-working crew of the Washington and Idaho Railway take a quick break together. From left to right: James, Joel, Stan, Sarah, an... (more)

While riding the Verde Canyon Railroad, I had the opportunity to talk with the bartender, Kenna. She was a very nice person to talk to about railroading, and she enjoys working for the railroad. P... (more)