Bringing Christmas to the suburbs, Metras RTA themed SD70MACH is decked out with Christmas lights, as its seen here racing through Morgan… leaving behind a cold, yet busy, downtown Chicago skyli... (more)

As CSX M511 from Detroit rolls though South Deshler as we have the Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS shining in the sky right above the signal bridge at South Deshler.

A CN freight quietly glides up the Missabe Sub under the northern lights.

The signals at Iron Jct. shine bright on a foggy evening as they protect movements along the CN Missabe sub.

A southbound freight approaches the Ramshaw green over red signal while lighting up the fall foliage along the way as the northern lights provide some color in the sky.

The signals at Fairlane on the CN Missabe sub provide the ground level reds while the northern lights provide the greens in sky above.

As the Northern Lights are dancing in the sky over Northern Ohio shortly after Midnight October 11, we have one of the two Dwarf CPL's at South Deshler still standing their guard.

It's almost midnight and iron ore pellets led by two rebuilt GEs bounce over the Ramshaw diamond as they head south.

A limestone train makes its way north on the CN Missabe sub.

A quiet night at Jones with the signal and the northern lights. Soon the signal will display red over yellow for the approaching train that will take the siding.

The northern lights made a brief appearance over the CN Keenan Sub and the one signal that guards the approach into the north end Keenan yard.

Too little, too late. I never trekked down to Davenport nearly as much as should have, chalk it up to being too comfortable lounging at Bartlett, or not liking the lack of foxholes to ditch the bu... (more)

Passing by the Searchlights at Control Point North Bayard, FEC Train 206 screams by enroute to Bowden Yard.

Falling South: NS 4743 leds southbound train NS 15T through the N&W CPLs in Twin Falls, Virginia, in the middle of the night. These signals are running on borrowed time, as replacements loom.

The C&O Signal Cantilever at WD Cabin along CSXs Big Sandy Subdivision going from a Stop Indication to a Medium Clear.