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Even my railroad whistle post in the back yard received a snow cap. And I liked the color and contrast here.

Okay, here's a few from South Carolina, taken this morning after last night's storm: Anybody for a dip?

Black River & Western Railroad switching in Flemington, NJ about 1975. This locomotive is an Alco RS-1 which was probably built in the late 40's or early 50's. Its original owner was the Washington (DC) Terminal Railroad. The RS-1 was a landmark locomotive, one of the first to combine...

Taken October 1977 in Knoxville, TN. I just liked the composition and waited until the pigeons took flight.

While we are looking at wrecks, here's a crumpled C&NW caboose taken in July 1976 in Barrington, IL. I think the train was rear-ended by another train that overran a signal. I hope no one was injured

Building on my growing collection of photographs of special Norfolk Southern locomotives in trailing positions (i.e. not heading up the train) comes this morning's shot of their Veterans locomotive in Columbia, SC. This is a northbound train, so the sun is in the lens during its run and it's...

And from the era when most drug stores had tube testing machines and sold tubes, comes this simplified package. There's even a tube inside.

Here's a package from a time when men were men and light bulbs were light bulbs. From Chicago's Commonwealth Edison.

Although my Dad passed away over a decade ago, I still depend on the inventory of odd stuff he left in his home shop. My Dad was quite skilled at anything involving home repair or improvement, so I never know what I might find there. To wit, check out this package of hanger strap which I...

As featured on our Christmas tree. <g> [Jetta Sportwagen TDI 6M]

This was another one of our favorite cars -- a 1992 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport. Nothing grand, just a li'l mini Mini Van with a 1.8L engine and a 5-Speed stick, but it was extraordinary in its reliability (236,000 Miles), fuel economy and carrying capability. We named it 'The Sprout' because it...

Here's a scan of my 35mm slide of the Illinois Central Railroad's interlocking tower (a "signal box" on British railways) at Tuscola, IL USA as taken on October 21, 1990. Manned interlocking towers have become extremely rare in North America, as remote control technology has largely displaced...

My first car. Bought new -- a 1980 Honda Accord LX 5-Speed. Put something over 200,000 Miles on the clock and took me everywhere. It became a jalopy late in it's life, but getting behind the wheel was like putting on a comfy old pair of jeans and it hooked me on manual transmissions for a...

From Chicago's (USA) awesome Museum of Science & Industry, two beautiful examples of WW-II aircraft -- a German Junkers Ju-87R-2 Stuka and a British Supermarine Mark 1A Spitfire. Taken by my wife with her Nikon CoolpixP100. I'll put my faith in the Spitfire in a dogfight!

Graffiti makes me cringe; I think it a symbol of social decay. When I look at my slides from 30 years ago, it was rare to see such vandalism. Freight trains looked handsome and even prized old equipment could be preserved on film just as it had been painted decades prior. Today, the only...

Has anyone experienced the website dropping keystrokes? As I type, characters are often randomly omitted as if I didn't press a key. Just began today. I run Norton 360 and IE 11. Thank you.

From this morning's walk around the VW dealer lot. I'd love to own a GTI someday, but factors conspire to delay a purchase for many years. I can always dream ....

The Pennsylvania Railroad's ferry Maryland, built 1907 and photographed sometime in the late 1930s by my Grandfather on Kodachrome slide film. The ferry served to link Old Point Comfort (near Hampton, VA) and Cape Charles, VA on the eastern shore of the Virginia Peninsula. I revere...

Lightship off Barnegat, NJ shot in 1964 by my Dad. She was built in 1904, decommissioned in 1967 and, amazingly, survives today in Camden, NJ.

A lowly and lonesome canoe .....