Over the past week several BNSF unit grain trains have operated on a detour route over Union Pacific's Lakeside sub, south through Salt Lake City then east through Provo. These trains have been ni... (more)

Yes, steel rails can bend! A westbound rail train rolls through the curve leading to West Doublea on the BNSF's Crookton Cutoff.

The Siemens Chargers are finally leading on the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin trains. Shown here leaving San Jose in push mode on Capitol #738 for Sacramento.

The Siemens Chargers are finally leading on the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin trains. Shown here at Alviso (San Jose) on #737 and the South end of San Francisco Bay.

Southbound NS 173 approaches the Kay Drive highway crossing near Easley, SC. A "high and wide" load rides behind the motive power.

One of Canadian National's newest units leads a southbound manifest by the restored 99 year old Illinois Central depot in Mattoon, Illinois.

Speeding south.

Time Marches On

The days of the PRR Position Light Signal are numbered. With the implementation of PTC on the Pittsburgh Line picking up pace, line-side automatic block signals will ... (more)

Under the Bridge

Autorack 27N rolls under the Old US 220 Overpass at Grazierville, about halfway from Tyrone to Tipton. When the road was expanded in the late 1930s, this bridge was ... (more)

The Works

Autorack 27N rolls thru CP WORKS in Altoona. The railcar facility in the immediate background began life as the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Car Shop, and today is opera... (more)

Auto Racks, Auto Salvage

A GEVO heads up at KCS Southern Belle, bringing a train of empty auto racks by Tyrone Auto Salvage. While the racks are empty, the salvage yard is quite full... (more)

A westbound train of international stacks is about to duck under the Route 66 highway overpass on the east side of Flagstaff.

The daily CSX trash train Q635 clears CP 85 in Erie in the last rays of sunlight on a July evening.

Locomotives:
CSXT 3366 ET44AC
CSXT 34 AC44CW

Two BNSF units as well as a CSX and Union Pacific locomotive lead one Boeing 737 fuselage at the head end of a lengthy manifest.

GECX 2035 has had its prime mover removed for work at the GE Erie Plant.

Locomotives:
GECX 2035 ET44AC