I miss that tunnel. There must be a corollary to the theory of entropy which states that all the neat stuff goes away to be replaced by the mundane, ordinary and bland. The Seaboard Air Line app... (more)

I'm back for a visit and I get to see these things called double stacks. Boggles my mind that they've been around that long. Back in the two track days. I haven't gotten to railman in the three... (more)

Looks like a complete MP consist has gotten together almost 3 years after that great road disappeared except in paint jobs.

A westbound freight is shaking the ground as it roars eastbound. Looks that that second unit was in the wrong place and the wrong time some time ago. It's April and the chill precludes Blue Cut'... (more)

After my arrival I was thrilled to be living near famous Cajon Pass. This WB mixed freight is one of the first of many pictures or fine railfanning day, even with a ubiquitous -2.

Soaking up some sun in Kansas City Southern's Knoche Yard is Iowa Chicago & Eastern SD40-2 6400, the City of Sanborn. This locomotive was originally Union Pacific 3562, built by EMD in Mar... (more)

Several patched diesels sit in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway’s Watson Yard, in Los Angeles’ Wilmington neighborhood. BNSF SD40-2 7847 was built in July 1978 (27 years earlier) as Color... (more)

It's Throwback Sunday at the BNSF engine servicing facility, with two former Santa Fe Warbonnets and a Cascade Green Burlington Northern SD40-2 waiting for service or orders.

CSXT 8365 and 8181 slow train L010 to a stop just outside of Norwood Central. After a commuter train passes, the train will continue on to Walpole and then Framingham before returning to Readville... (more)

CSX Y102 gets six axle power for once in March, 2014. CSXT 8814 is an EMD SD8814 built as Conrail (CR) 6393 in 1977.

A CWR train passes some early spring blossoms on its run down the Etowah Sub.

SD40-2 #713 and ES44C4 #804 pull a late Unit Train through Delray Beach.

UP 1638 returning to Kearney after working Green Plains Wood River.

If you look back thru history, you will find FEC has traditionally gone thru some kind of power shake-up in the Jan-Feb timeframe. In this case, they put all of their SD40-2 on lease to CSXT, pri... (more)

I'll say it again....we didn't know how good we had it. This was so common, it was taken for granted....10 years later, it might as well be a photo charter.