CSX M575 in LaGrange

The diesel passenger run poses briefly with the Chinese 2-8-2, which is slowly coming around, a process we got to witness firsthand in the cab. The "awakening" of a steamer is one of my... (more)

A classic Western Maryland look, as WM-painted FP9 243 runs over "home" rails on its way towards Elkins. To the left is a connection across the Tygart River to the B&O Coal and Coke line... (more)

The recently released CSX heritage unit the Pere Marquette makes an appearance on M583-06 as they head towards Chattanooga, Tennessee.

UP 8835 shoves on the rear of a long WB just west of the Palm Springs crossovers.

With cement loads and a block of manifest traffic picked up at North Vernon, L452 grinds through a somewhat surprisingly hilly region of Indiana, passing a vintage B&O signal and a bridge that ind... (more)

CSX L302 tops the hill and splits the vintage Pere Marquette searchlights east of Lake Odessa, the furthest set west. To the left, the grade down and up can be seen, and to the right, the classic ... (more)

UP 7328 leads the westbound ZG4CI downgrade at El Casco.

Rambling through on an eastbound excursion.

CPKC's Toronto, Ontario to Winnipeg, Manitoba merchandise train makes its way west running alongside Lake Superior

Old Meets the New. The FEC 148 steams ahead as a crop duster approaches on a parallel course.

Loading? The FEC 148 poses at the Liberty Point Elevator as a storm front approaches.

Foreign Visitors. Two BNSF units, far away from their home, lead the daily NS 242 through Devine Junction in Columbia, SC.

While all eyes were on a certain steam locomotive, I couldn't help but notice these veterans nearby. There is still a fairly remarkable fleet of them in service today, thankfully, but most are in... (more)

A CPKC train with five motors "the conventional way" is not something to ignore, but I very quicky found out the "conventional way" of two motors, one CP on KCS, was all-too-co... (more)