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344 heads over the NS Chicago Line with some old veterans up front. 344 is normally a good bet for older, interesting power.

NS 11V overtakes CSX train Q229 which turns into NS 29E at this location as NS will take it the rest of it's journey to Toledo.

Former BN and SP Geeps sit abandoned at the Port of Tillamook Bay, not going anywhere anytime soon as the mainline was destroyed by storms a few years ago.

17M swings around the Oak Harbor Connection and onto the NS Chicago Line during a pretty good winter storm.

A huge amount of birds occupy the yard as Y190 is picking up cars from the CWRO on the other side of the river where their yard, Clark Avenue Yard, is. Over the last couple years, the steel mills ... (more)

A nice BN whiteface leader heads the local out of one of the tunnels near Lyle on a rainy winters day

Two rare CN full cowl zebra striped units (an SD60F and C40-8M) are stopped at CP 47 in New London as they await for the Wheeling and Lake Erie to clear up off CSX tracks. Never thought I would se... (more)

BNSF 603 and 609 lead a vehicle train east through the Columbia River Gorge. Catching the two Warbonnets up front together made this a memorable lashup. They came in on CHIPDX two days ago and luc... (more)

Sadly, all that is left of this old SD9 is the cab and ladders. Even had it not been scrapped, it wouldn't have been going anywhere as most of the Port of Tillamook Bay railway was destroyed by a ... (more)

An extremely rare leader and lash up for Ohio of two ICE SD40-2's and a CP SD40-2 fuels up at Station E at Collinwood Yard in Cleveland. Of course, the train came through at 3:45 in the morning bu... (more)

Old rusty wheels describe the fate of the Port of Tillamook Bay very well. With a good part of the mainline destroyed in a rainstorm a couple years ago, these old BN GP9's are stranded in Tillamo... (more)

BNSF 789 heads east along the Columbia River Gorge through Cooks Siding during some heavy winter rain storms.

Local B31 has a veteran SD40-2 running hammerhead style as it leaves Bellevue Yard. As the train passed I figured it was going to crossover on account of a tied down coal train on the same track i... (more)

Q368 splits the old CPL's at Exchange Street in downtown.