With the door left open, I got a rare look inside the 7.8 mile long bore of the Cascade Tunnel. Note how the grade descends inside the tunnel.
Weston Coal Loads on the ground at Riplinger, WI. The remains of a destroyed pair of trucks.
Weston Coal Loads on the ground at Riplinger, WI.
Interlocking levers in Haley tower.
A brightly lit shot, thanks to the low moon, of the tracks of the CSX Memphis Terminal Sub and UP Memphis Sub.
The piece of brake rigging that launched a GTW boxcar off the track after running over it's own brake rigging that fell off and was jammed into the frog. Canon EOS 20D.
A GTW box on the ground after running over a piece of it's own brake rigging that fell off and was jammed into the frog. Canon EOS 20D.
155 flies through Landis with perfect cloud formations and moonlight in the background
The museum caboose during a snowstorm
The Vallee-Jonction yard after a snowstorm
Fixing a minor rail defect at night is quite a show, here a UP MOW worker grinds down the fresh steel to rail head-level. This type of operation causes many small fires in the process.
Cleanup of Q118's derailed at Junction City, WI, due to 10 inches of rain causing a washout.
The recently restored Hamlet Depot serves as the Amtrak Station.