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Taking on water at the Enola yard

FDR's car brought up the rear

Amtrak's southbound Floridian was running 15 Hours late today, having left its origin at Chicago some 10 Hours late. Getting a lot of...

Blocking two grade crossings near airport.

Sunday's northbound Floridian at Pontiac, SC running nine hours late. The train hit a tree somewhere in GA and busted out a window in...

I caught Amtrak's southbound Floridian today in daylight at Camden, SC running 12-1/2 Hours late. [D5100]

OK, I could be developing a problem now. It's raining trains all over me. Wisconsin & Southern short train moving through Cross Plains, WI.

They turned out nicely. Yeah, rail photography sometimes results in mad dashes! That's the Wisconsin & Southern RR and those are...

For not having really tried railroad photography prior to 1 month ago, I keep doing more. Total dumb luck today. I stopped for lunch at...

At a recent CNPA meeting we had a presentation on artistic rendering of images. One of the techniques made them look like pen and ink...

Well, it's not mine, but I did get to drive it briefly, from a secure lot at the local Carmax (where @Seanette and I were working today)...

Try inverting to a negative image and it will look like an ink-engraving. I remember doing one of those back in high school art class.

Railroading Fun Fact: Enola was named for the daughter of a farmer that owned land along the railroad when it was built. It also...