During the evening of 01/10/22 NS 20T pulls out of the Wabash River valley east of Lafayette, IN on the former Wabash RR line. Purdue University is silhouetted on the other side of the Wabash Rive... (more)

Santa Fe demonstrator Roadrailer Autorailer trailers 460000, 460002, 460003, and 460004 on display at Naperville, IL. Kodachrome, photographer unknown, John E. Troxler collection.

The trunks of the freshly cut trees are manually loaded onto the narrow gauge wagons before being taken back to the sawmill in the valley

The Kodachrome slide mount is dated July 1959 which was the processing date. The Wabash RR tracks are running and curving out of the picture on the left side and the remaining area is the PRR Yard... (more)

The rain has paused long enough to catch a northbound Scot Rail passenger train heading to Inverkeithing. The massive bridge is an engineering marvel having been constructed in the 1890’s.

I actually was trying to catch another train. When this track inspection train with EC-5 and 5407 came onto the scene. Front Runner number 6 also decided to get in on the picture. 6 is painted in ... (more)

A northbound CN freight streaks up the CN Missabe through Fairlane as the aurora borealis do their thing in the sky above.

Uglier even than a Sperry, this tie train is (appropriately?) tied down at Martins. I even caught a break in the clouds for this, not that helped its appearance any. Do not hump, you say? Well, no... (more)

Photo says NP wreck near Ellensburg, Spring 61. Google image source indicates this is near Thorp, WA, but I'm unable to find a record of this incident online. Trying to find out more about this ... (more)

Photo says NP wreck near Ellensburg, Spring 61. Google image source indicates this is near Thorp, WA, but I'm unable to find a record of this incident online. Trying to find out more about this ... (more)

Carter Roag coal company loads one of their final trains. This loadout has seen better days and is a reminder of the way things used to be. Undoubtedly millions of tons of coal have been passed th... (more)

Loading the Final Cut of cars at Carter Roag mining company, we see a classic locomotive shoving the cut under the loadout. This will likely be one of the last trains to load at this mine for rhe ... (more)

The southbound Guadalupe local rolls down the beach at Emma Wood State Park in Ventura, on the Santa Barbara Subdivision. Highway 101 runs along the shelf on the right.

Blue hour crossing of Logan Hill
At 9:37 p.m. on June 24, 2022, a southbound BNSF coal load lights up the four track main line that surmounts Logan Hill north of Bill in Wyoming’s Pow... (more)

A partly cloudy, moonless night reveals an eastbound Union Pacific oil train following the Colorado River into Little Gore Canyon on September 18, 2023. The lead locomotive headlights illuminate t... (more)