Keeping the fires burning

2015 TRAINS Magazine Photo Contest SECOND PRIZE Winner Valley Railroad Fireman Mike tosses a shovel-full of coal into the firebox of Mikado No. 3025 as the train pulls a North Pole Express. Taken with an black & white only and infrared modified Canon 30D.

Penn Central detail A detailed look at the Norfolk Southern Penn Central heritage unit at Manville, NJ

Lit up Stick Rail

Lit up Stick Rail The joint NECR/PW/CN Office Car Special continuing east on the Providence & Worcester's Willimantic Branch in Plainfield, CT. Took advantage of the lower afternoon light to get a little rail glint shot.

Rail Profile and Shadows A study in shapes, lines, light and shadows. Kodak T-MAX 400 film

Conrail Twitty Caught a 2007 Conrail Twitty marking on a passing boxcar in NS 33K's train. 7/11/2011, Bound Brook, NJ

Golden Ribbons of St. Patrick's Day The rails of Bound Brook, NJ glow in the golden hour light at around 5:45PM

Nighttime Snowfall A New England Central Railroad EMD GP-38 idles in South Windham, CT as a storm begins to drop some snow. This shot also earned a "Judges Also Liked" honor in the 2009 Center For Railroad Photography and Art's annual Creative Photography award.

Rolling over the diamond in Hartford, CT

Uncercutting the tracks A closeup look at the business end of a railroad undercutting and ballast cleaning machine. This particular unit is a Canadian Pacific owned undercutter that the Florida East Coast Railway was leasing to work on its main line in Boca Raton, FL. Taken February 19, 2007

Steel Salad A small portion of a derailment on the New England Central Railroad in Mansfield, CT in December 2006.

A wheel passing over a flange oiler actuator

Lantern on the Stones A kerosene lantern lights up a small area of stone near the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum in Lenox, MA

Remnants of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Ohio

Sunrise in Plymouth - While waiting for a train that wouldn't show up, I shot this sunrise near the Napier Road crossing in Plymouth, MI back in 2006

Fog over the tracks in Montville, CT

Panning shot of a passing wheel

Lookin' up A builder's plate view of a former New Haven RS-3 at the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, CT