When the Susquehanna was seeking a way to get its stack trains off of Conrail’s ex-Erie main line to avoid interference with Metro-North trains, the first step was acquisition of the former Lehi... (more)

The D&H's Colonie Shops in Watervliet, NY was a great place to see a large number of idling Alcos. The lineup on my father's visit from early 1977 was from left to right: C420 410 - U30C 709 (hid... (more)

A pair of Oakway Leasing SD60s and a cabless U-boat lead a manifest east toward Chicago.

Bound for interchange to Conrail in West Brownsville, a coal train led by two Monongahela Super 7-23B’s crosses the trestle in Pine Bank, Pennsylvania.

At the bottom of the inner depths of Royal Gorge where Rio Grande trains once ran, is the passenger train of Royal Gorge Route Railroad on August 26, 2021. The view is looking down from the famous... (more)

Working on the section certainly can be rewarding at times, it's a unique job that allows for some neat behind the scene imagery. On this particular night the temperatures were well below freezing... (more)

Atacama Desert.

Here's another intermodal led by C628s...this time on the D&H. In fading light, D&H 603 leads two other C628s on a container train coming off the D&H Freight Main headed to Albany in the mid 19... (more)

How would you like to see an intermodal like this in Bound Brook today? 50 years ago, Lehigh Valley C628s 626-629 lead Apollo-2 around the super-elevated curve at Bound Brook, NJ in early 1972. ... (more)

The daily Hillsboro Sub local takes the siding at Buxton to pick up a few cars from the elevator in town. Let's hope the powers that be in Grand Forks keep these two classic green motors together ... (more)

A sleek future to an evolving downtown skyline.. SIIX 2201 trails on the eastbound equipment test train to Union.

I'd say it's a love/ hate relationship with cold weather on the railway. Frigid cold temps have caused a joint on track 3 at mile 8 of the Weston sub to pull apart. Thankfully with a couple of can... (more)

Cruising into their Bloor Station stop, a pair of F59PH's power this Toronto bound train from London.

You just never know what you will find on track, today was no exception while I was out for a track patrol this morning I noticed what looked like a rock placed on the rail as I traversed Northwar... (more)

Having left the KCS main line over an hour prior, the "Fort Smith Dodger" local train rolls along near Pocola, OK on a gloomy April 4, 2022 morning.