CSX M583 going under the bridge in Waxhaw

Alleghany Ascents: AMTK 331, a new charger, leads the eastbound Cardinal out of the Alleghany Tunnel, as it passes a loaded coal train on track one on the left side of the frame. The elevation of... (more)

One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)

At the Nixon Power Plant. SP 6785 6840 7424 8361 unload a coal train, at a Colorado power plant. The picture really depicts how the Southern Pacific looked the last few years.

Saturday April 27's run of the Lake Placid Limited passes over Hwy. 27 as the crew makes their way back to the US Sugar shops in Clewiston, Florida. It was a good chase of a neat steam engine and ... (more)

Uglier even than a Sperry, this tie train is (appropriately?) tied down at Martins. I even caught a break in the clouds for this, not that helped its appearance any. Do not hump, you say? Well, no... (more)

Coal empties roll west through Davy. Trailing unit is SD70 2519

Shortly after sunrise, BNSF C-SCRMRBC0-45F has mid-train helpers cut in and they have begun their climb out of Helena towards Mullan Pass. Notable buildings of the Helena skyline can be seen in th... (more)

Tying up
The conductor does some last minute paperwork and the engineer shuts down the power as Watco’s Palouse River & Coulee City freight ties up at Mockonema, Washington, on Septem... (more)

Test Trains. Department of Transportation U30C no. 001 is seen on display with other equipment at the Pueblo Railway Museum in Pueblo, Colorado. The locomotive worked for many years at ... (more)

SC&H Alco 5 shines in the afternoon sun as it pulls the Hadley Express into Corinth after completing the second & busiest ride of the day with engineer Roth watching ahead of the movement before h... (more)

The BN ran 2 intermodal trains to Denver out of Chicago. One ran early morning into Galesburg, and the other one at night. The night one has stayed thru the BNSF era. Train 65 was normally the day... (more)

Re 4/4 # 170 and # 192 (Re 425 # 170 and # 192) of BLS Cargo in Brig. Unfortunately, the locomotives of this series are usually quite dirty and dusty, as they are mainly used in the car transport ... (more)

A pair of Dv12 diesel hydraulics working a loaded timber train from Alavus to Seinäjoki. In the upper right corner is the worksite of a new timber loading terminal where fresh raw wood will be tr... (more)

Local L34 job is now departing Dallas yard for Wylie yard with a Conrail HU that came in on the I-167 earlier that morning.