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Former Seaboard depot in Maxton, NC (April 2011)

Wow -- that's an amazing contemporary structure Vincent! At the other end of the scale we have the modest former Milwaukee Road depot at Spaulding, IL as taken in 1976. The structure burned shortly after I took this photo. [Nikkormat FTn, Plus X Print Film].

I found an awesome web location with thousands of heretofore unseen vintage railroad photographs. Many are very rare. I happened upon a photo taken at Alleghany, VA (that's how they spell it, not Allegheny) at the (then) Chesapeake & Ohio's 'A Cabin'. The vintage photo was probably taken in...

It's Girl Scout Cookie time! Here's the 2014 arrival in my truck, all destined for hungry customers. MMmmmmm ....

The wife bundled up in infinite layers of insulation. Yep, she shoots with a Nikon too.

A snowy manhole cover cast on the planet Vulcan .....

Birds had to move further south. I just noticed that I used a 35mm film canister years ago to hang the birdhouse!

This morning in the Carolina midlands. No snowshovels in these parts!

Caught a fast moving empty coal train this morning in Ballentine, SC. I was hoping for a better shot of a train from the other direction, but this train was all CSX had to offer at the time.

My photo here of the train on the bridge would not appear last night. I could see only the grey "Attached Thumbnails" box with no photo in it. It was like that throughout last night. Tonight I can see the photo. Let me try another one here.

Suddenly tonight, I can no longer see many photos posted by other members. In fact, photos that I just tried to upload don't appear. Just wanted to see if anyone else is experiencing this. I use IE11, but things have been okay until a few hours ago.

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...