The clean up Saturday morning after a loaded rock train southbound with UP power had an Oopsie daisy derailment Friday night.

Meet an Greet An ALC-42 recently arrived in Boston for crew familiarization. Once their ACSES signaling systems are certified for operation, they'll join the Lake Shore Limited power pool.

Stacks from Long Beach, CA to Memphis, TN negotiates the tight curves of Crozier Canyon as the sound of three GE prime movers battling the grade echo throughout the canyon.

Minutes before the bottom was about to fallout, the power of CSX M502 (Nashville,TN-Chicago,IL) is making its way down to the drill out of the yard trk-C06 to pick up its short train out of Yard t... (more)

A walk along a public bike path next to the Seminole Gulf Railroad yard in Fort Myers revealed all that remains of SGRL 501. I don't know if it is going to be rebuilt or if it is being used for p... (more)

The clean up Saturday morning after a loaded rock train southbound with UP power had an Oopsie daisy derailment Friday night.

WW102 passes part of my scrap yard with a new crane in the foreground and a relatively new scrap gondola owned by one of our customers, FE Trading. If you notice closely the cars are already lo... (more)

After a five-year hiatus, Metrolink (in partnership with Orange County Transit Agency) is operating Angels Express trains for the Angels baseball 2024 season. These special trains operate ... (more)

Sitting in the Locomotive Specialists Facility outside of CSX's Rice Yard, a former NS RPU6, a former Illinois Central/Chicago Central Engine, and a former CSX Road Slug await their fate.

With the Dash 9 powering Norfolk Southern geometry train running as 90G pulled away, we get a look at NS 34 in the lead, a research car built out of what was originally an SD35 that is affectionat... (more)

Under a cloudy Summer day, part of CSX's Office Car Train sits and awaits its next trip to see part of the system. The building to the right, known at the Kenneth C. Dufford Transportation Center ... (more)

Lots going on in this Minot North Dakota scene on July 11th 1956. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Sitting out the festivities in 2024. It once served as back-up power for #2816 as well as making a complete A-B-A set for the Royal Canadian Pacific sets. With the merger, CPKC now has a rather ... (more)

Alabama & Tennessee River Railway Train Z390 heads southbound through 32nd Street in Birmingham, AL. on their way to interchange with CSX at Boyles Yard.

Golden Hour Empress The much-awaited return of steam to North Dakota was met with a phenomenal show from the whole CPKC crew. At golden hour, the CP Empress steam locomotive... (more)