The MNA Carthage South Local and Cotter North Local meeting at Gretna siding next to Royal Oak Charcoal. The two trains meet here so the crews can swap trains and head back to their originating po... (more)

An I&O Railway stone train traverses the former C&O/Hocking Valley Railway line to Logan, OH during a thunderstorm.

An I&O Railway stone train traverses the former C&O/Hocking Valley Railway line to Logan, OH during a thunderstorm.

Having crested Soldier Summit, a westbound Rio Grande manifest begins the drop to Salt Lake City. An SD40T-2 leads a GP40, a GP30, a GP40, and a GP35.

Denver & Rio Grande Western Train 179, the Ford Fast Freight, cruises along the Arkansas River in Cotopaxi, Colorado.

A Denver & Rio Grande Western manifest moves south through Castle Rock, Colorado. The geological formation from which the locality derives its name can be seen in the right distance.

Coal from mines along the original Denver & Rio Grande Western main line moves east through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.

Trona A nice lash-up of second generation six-axle locomotives blast upgrade out of the Searles Valley. The train heavy in Trona (Soda Ash) was loaded in Trona, CA at the huge chemical p... (more)

Not all Texas is flat! SP's #MFLAT transverses scenic Sanderson Canyon near Feodora, on the Del Rio Subdivision. This is what I call Southern Pacific in the 1980s! Photo by Reid McNaught and from ... (more)

An ex-UP SD40-2 and ex-SP SD40T-2 shove hard on the rear of the Trona's outbound Turn to Searles in the desolate landscape.

CF&E 3316, the railroad’s SD40T-2, takes CHFW across the CN Matteson Sub at Ivanhoe in Gary. The diamond is still guarded by NYC type signals on the IHB and CSX trackage. This is also the locati... (more)

The sun has finally broken through the clouds as the Ohio Central's Newark to Columbus turn NKPA crests the hogback at Gale Road in Outville, Ohio. In the lead of today's train is an Ohio Central ... (more)

Countryside Railroading. Working on a Sunday to relieve a freight backlog, this L&C mixed freight moves past a large farm on its way to Richburg, SC, where it will make some pickups to the... (more)

The city of Fowler, located ten miles south of Fresno in California’s San Joaquin Valley, is a fairly typical agricultural area typical of so many in the Valley. This area has a large number of... (more)

Pulling the Hill. L&C 12 tops a fairly steep grade as it approaches Richburg, where a small yard is located.