Woodstown Central, Mannington Limited, departing the East Lake Rd. station.

The crew is stopped on LD Siding waiting for the Greenport Scoot to pass heading east. Lunch is over and time to switch Paraco Gas to the west after picking up the rest of their train.

"A New Leaser for the NYA"

On the night of January 9th, 2023, GATX Locomotive Group (GMTX) EMD GP38-2 2204 (built as PC 7947), painted in New York & Atlantic Railway colors,... (more)

Soon after the sun rests below the horizon, BNSFs Chicago to Galesburg road local rounds the bend into Lemont with a very unique assortment of power. Seen here traversing over the Des Plaines rive... (more)

Two standard cab EMDs lead NS local C42 (Altoona/Rose Yard to Lewistown turn)—with 16 cars—east on No. 2 of the former PRR Middle Division. The Geeps are approaching the Quiet Valley Ca... (more)

A faded Geep waits at the yard in Longmont, Colorado for orders to go to Lafeyette.

The Iowa Northern's Cedar Rapids to Waterloo job makes a later appearance in Vinton as they work back to Bryant Yard in Waterloo. The crew would have to go out on the Dysart Branch to spot and pul... (more)

Sure would of been nice to seen 4 IANR units on this Cedar Rapids to Waterloo train today. We got some rare mileage as the job had to go out on the Dysart Line a couple times for work. This line w... (more)

TZPR's Pekin Job passes construction along the hill after receiving the go-ahead from the foreman in charge.

Running through the Red Oak Nature Center between Aurora and Batavia, BNSFs West Chicago job crawls north with the only active smurf on the roster, and one of the three active ATSF warbonnet paint... (more)

BNSFs West Chicago branchline, a branchline that can only handle 4-axle power, sees a big train on a cold Monday morning. 15 cars pulled by Eola’s dynamic duo.

BNSF’s “West Chicago Job”, although it doesn't travel that far anymore, it does go as far as Batavia. Here is said job crawling into Batavia with a Smurf & Warbonnet B40-8W for power.

UP 815 leads Y-PR60B past the Chicago Tribune complex with a former CNW caboose trailing right behind. 1/5/24

The last of its kind left on an active BNSF roster, along with one of roughly seven left active, having a “smurf” and warbonnet 4-axle dash 8 paired up, and running on the mainline, was quite ... (more)

IHB GP38-2 5627 smokes it up as it leads IHB 115 East through CP 501.