South Seattle to Chicago Z-train makes the last 143 miles into Chicago. The train is passing thru Savanna and soon will leave the banks of the Mississippi River which they have been following sinc... (more)

Eastbound oil train U-PEMNSB0-40T rolls along the Mississippi River just north of Savanna. The train has BNSF 6615, 5006, and 7240 in DP. The train is bound for the NS in Chicago for furtherance t... (more)

A Norfolk Sothern connection in Chicago, IL, to Northtown Yard in Minneapolis, MN, freight rolls along the frozen Mississippi River on the Aurora Sub. The train is seen here passing Lock and Dam #... (more)

A Northtown Yard to Belt Clearing Yard freight train has a 55mph roll on them as they hug the Mississippi River south of Lynxville. The Mississippi River is starting to unthaw this far north as te... (more)

The South Seattle to Chicago Z-train makes excellent time along the Mississippi River south of Lynxville. The train is rolling down the Aurora Sub with the final leg of the trip into Chicago. All ... (more)

Northbound Amtrak's Hiawatha passes thru Rondout on the way to Milwaukee. Train 339 departed Chicago Station 5:08pm and will make the 86 miles journey to Milwaukee by 18:45. The line to the right... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder rumbles thru Rondout on the CP C&M Sub. Work continues here for Metra to extend a long siding from the C&M Sub to the Fox Lake Sub. New signals will be going in here, and t... (more)

We don't get around the long distance trains too much, so seeing the new long distance chargers has been rare. I was glad to see #7 have a combo set to show the new and old era. I am not at all ex... (more)

Compared to yesterday, this Jackson Local has it easy today. Yesterday 13,000 ton delivery from the Vicksburg Southern required a 3rd motor and a crawl to get out of the Mississippi River Valley a... (more)

The KCS Gulfport Local job at Hattiesburg and chased them back south. The job had cool set of 4-SD40's. Here the job hammers on the binders as they slow for the permanent 10 mph slow order at Wigg... (more)

The Memphis to Mobile road freight for CN is down to 17 mph as they top the 1% grade south of Mendenhall. The train is carrying a bunch of grain for Mobile, so they are little bit heavier today. T... (more)

The Memphis to Mobile daily freight train is working south on the CN Beaumont Sub. The next stop is work at Hattiesburg Yard. The train has a bunch of grain today, so they are quite heavy. A KCS m... (more)

Jackson can be a hot bed of activity at times. This is where the CN's Mainline of Mid-America crosses the KCS Meridian Speedway. Here we have 3 trains all fighting to get thru Switchtender, which ... (more)

We rode Amtrak's "City of New Orleans" train down to New Orleans and back for our vacation. here we are on our way home and stopped at Jackson for an engineer change out. With the heat we were res... (more)

Northbound Crescent is only 117 miles into the 1377 mile trip from New Orleans to New York City. The train departed New Orleans at 9:15, and is out of Hattiesburg now on time at 11:45. Here the tr... (more)