CSX SD40-2 8008 is seen leading CSX train Q138 over the Youghiogheny River in McKeesport, PA.

No Monkey Business

After the charter ended, there were two things left to do: put #11 to bed, and offload fireman Nicholas Brightbill's tractor from the flat car. Both would be done ... (more)

In what was a rare move for the first time in 8 months, H76 ventured up the NS Portland Secondary all the way to East Stroudsburg to collect 81 cars from Delaware Lackawanna, due to the Nav Aug Tu... (more)

EB P030 crosses the Mighty Yough River, in Versailles, PA

The Coatesville High Bridge seen here is a stone masonry arch railroad viaduct that crosses the West Branch Brandywine Creek in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Built by the Pennsylvania Railroad betwee... (more)

Daybreak Came Late

The morning was awful--wet, dreary, raining, and very grey. By the time the train had finished loading at Leslie Tipple, though, it had burned off to a blazingly h... (more)

Student Engineer, Dakota Martin is at the helm for the very first time with veteran engineer, Bud Beach enjoying the ride as NBER-3 rumbles over Bald Eagle Creek on the way to Lock Haven. Fly ... (more)

NS 14M crosses over the Bayfront Connector as it heads East in Erie, PA. This bridge was built as part of the bypass constructed to eliminate the street running of the NS mainline through Erie. Th... (more)

The stars and stripes atop #89 wave in the breeze as the Strasburg Rail Road commemorates Memorial Day 2018 by re-dressing Canadian National Mogul #89 into a U.S. Transportation Corps locomotive.

B&P coal empties cross a rain swollen Connoquenessing Creek over a high bridge on the west end of Ellwood City, PA.

Varnish at West Falls

Conrail’s Office Car Special traverses the former Reading bridge at West Falls, Pennsylvania. The train has left Philadelphia, and is entering the West Tren... (more)

Back in Service. In late 1988, an up-turn in rail business forced Conrail to pull some GP30 and GP35 units out of storage. One of the re-activated GP30s is shown leading a coal train. ... (more)

P&WV (WE) 101 brings up the tail end of W&LE train 612 across Banning Bridge spanning the Yough Valley and a frozen, tundra like Youghiogheny River.

A Little Bit South (and East) of Saskatoon: Headed back to the oil fields of Saskatchewan via Chicago, 3 CN motors pull empty oil cans across the CSX Pittsburgh Sub and the Beaver River nor... (more)