On the morning of July 4, 2008, UP 4141 leads a southbound freight past Ney Yard on its way to the Midlothian Sub.

An original Western Maryland BL2 # 82 runs around Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad's Cheat Mountain Salamander at Spruce before returning to Elkins.

The winter sun is low in the sky as a Rohr Turboliner glides north through Cruegers, NY, on its way from New York to Albany.

NS 7272 started out in life as a UP SD90MAC and is in the process of being converted to what I believe is an SD70ACU.

A relatively clean E-60, sans windshield grilles, heads north with "The Murray Hill." The train is on a 4-hour schedule from DC to New York, compared to the approximate 3-1/2 hour sched... (more)

An aging E60 in the yard of the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Hopefully it'll be restored in the future.

Chased this train a few miles down South towards Keller for another snap at the consist. Light was not completely in favor due to a slight turn on the main. The Tracks Direction against the sun ch... (more)

INRD 9005 (SD9043MAC) leads INRD SAHW south out of Indianapolis, Indiana

The old NEC, before the improvement project was implemented- "The Betsy Ross," southbound at Elkton. No. 167 was on a 4 hr 3 min schedule, New York to Washington.

CEFX 120 leads a coal drag out of Big Four Tunnel with the Norfolk and Western heritage unit trailing third towards Bluefield, WV.

The North Coast Hiawatha makes a station stop for passengers, servicing and a crew change at Minneapolis. It will leave via the Stone Arch Bridge, then switch to Milwaukee Road trackage in St. Pau... (more)

The Empire Builder gets underway after a brief stop at East Auburn. The train was routed through Washington state via the old NP mainline during this period and its next stop is Seattle's King St.... (more)

Canadian Pacific SD90MAC No. 9127 and an AC4400CW slowly drifting down the east slope of Notch Hill on the steeper south track with a 124 car unit train of empty Canpotex (PTEX) hoppers.

Once the future of railroading with a promise of 6000hp from the manufacture, today the SD9043MAC finds itself as the oddball loco on the UP's roster. 23 such units are taking up space on track 5... (more)