Westbound ethanol empties sprint through the soybean fields on the outskirts of Defiance, OH on a splendid late summer afternoon. DME SD40-2 6090 teams up with an NS dash-9 as the train approaches... (more)

A pair of former Soo Line SD60s lead an ethanol train east along the Mohawk River/NYS Barge Canal past Lock 10. The train is bound for Linden, NJ.

A trio of rebuilt CP SD60s lead an empty ethanol train north across the causeway at the north end of Iona Island on a beautiful morning. This train surprised us, for if we had known it was coming,... (more)

Detour empty ethanol train K495-02 with a sweet standard cab EMD lashup speeds west past the old B&O depot at Aberdeen, MD.

A Conrail crew pulls ethanol empties out of Motiva with a nice consist of standard-cab EMDs including: DME 6370, CP 6234, CP 4437 and CP 4422. This train arrived the day before as CSX K408 and ap... (more)

A couple matched DME's rumble southbound with a loaded ethanol "K" train over the Catskill Creek southbound on a serene warm evening in June. Getting these mid-western units in upstate New York i... (more)

3 IC&E's and 2 CP's bring ethanol west through Ohio on the NS Chicago main.

A loaded ethanol train bound for Linden, NJ rumbles over the Normans Kill at French's Hollow on a fine winter afternoon.

Often times you get to see foreign power on the ethanol trains along the Hudson and it was to catch this Soo 6043 and CP 6093 lashup.

A loaded ethanol train rolls along an ice choked Mohawk River at Lock 10 on its way to a layover at Selkirk Yard prior to heading for its New Jersey destination. DM&E "City of Arlington" leads a v... (more)

A quartet of EMDs thunder through the Mohawk Valley on a surprisingly clear day for November. St. Lawrence & Hudson leads this loaded ethanol train east with a killer lashup.

On a beautiful afternoon, the 'catch of the day' thunders up to speed west of Unionville with a special commemorative painted scheme DME leader(note the CP class lights) and trailing ICE on an em... (more)

A couple of UP units lead an ethanol train east through Youngstown, while some NS MoW equipment waits to cross the diamond.

Detour empty ethanol train K455, with CN power, smokes it up, heading west at Bush St, on CSX's Baltimore Terminal Subdivision.

Lately it seems odd when there are NOT any "foreign" road units on ethanol trains in northern New Jersey. Conrail JR-2 is pulling ethanol empties out of Motiva with DME 6089 and ICE 6411 on a beau... (more)