Why have you abandoned me?

A barn has fallen on hard times outside of Waterloo, Iowa.

Blasting through town

A freight train passes through Elkhart, Indiana.

Sunrise on the farm

The sunrises on a Iowa farm.

The Sun Rises

The sun rises over a fence along a country road near Waterloo, Iowa.

Well your a strange little guy...

This strange locomotive sits in Clinton, Michigan on the Michigan Southern Railway which is non-profit tourist operation that this year is only running during the fall color season.

Phallic Water Tower

The Phallic Water Tower in Ypsilanti, Michigan sits across the street from the south side of Eastern Michigan University. There is a legend that if a girl ever graduates from the school a virgin the tower will crumble.

Endangered Church at Sunset

Voted one of Iowa's most endangered buildings for 2017, the Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church in Waterloo glistens in the light at sunset. The church has some series deferred maintenance issues and the pastor of the church is using is pension to keep the building up the best he can. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Crossing the competition

A South Shore Commuter train crosses the Amtrak Michigan line in Michigan City, Indiana.

Cruising the Oregon Coast

Heading north along US Highway 101 in a Cadillac XTS rented from Budget Car Rental in Portland for a trip to beautiful Crescent City, California.

Ghost Locomotive

A locomotive painted all white sits in Coos Bay, Oregon.

Forgotten Rails

Once busy rails that served the Portland, Oregon's Northwest Industrial District are now sit unused and cut through in several spots.

Abandoned Rails

Streetcar tracks that once were used by Seattle's Waterfront Streetcar before a sculpture garden replaced its car house and the line was shut down.

There is a train going down the road!

South Shore train between Chicago and South Bend, In travels down the middle of 11th Street in Michigan City, IN.

Riding the rails

Amtrak's Illinois Zephyr is departing the La Grange Road station in suburban Chicago on its journey to Quincy, Il.