Symbol freight ALPI (Allentown-Conway) passes beneath the westward home signal bridge for MG interlocking as afternoon shadows reach down the mountain slopes.

Seaboard System SD50's #8518 and 8524 lead a Mobile (AL) bound export coal train. #8518 was built in January 1983 and later became CSX #8518

Missouri Pacific #5051 seen here at Rock Springs, Wyoming eastbound with a soda ash train. During the UP/MP merger period in the 80’s quite a number of ex. MP units were painted like the #5051. ... (more)

Former KCS, now LTEX SD50 7005 sits quietly at CN's Walker Yard diesel shop awaiting a trip to Saskatoon and eventually to Clavet, SK to it's new owner at Cargill Limited.

Westbound Coke Train on the New Castle Subdivision with a block of cars to set off at Akron.

Reading and Northern's Jim Thorpe Extra, which ran the "Fast Freight" route in reverse to accommodate MofW outages, is ready to depart Jim Thorpe after picking up its train at the Packer... (more)

Chessie-painted SD’s push a pig train up the grade at Mance, Pennsylvania.

A lengthy TOFC train snakes its way through the curves at Mance, Pennsylvania during its westbound assault of Sand Patch grade. The normal assortment of Chessie EMD’s has been augmented with a p... (more)

Reading and Northern NRFF runs north on the R&N Mainline past American Premium Coal, one of the many coal dealers still active in Blue Mountain region of Pennsylvania.

One of the daily fleet of trailvans negotiates the crossover at View interlocking before hitting its stride along the old Middle Division. The Susquehanna River in the background curves through th... (more)

CSX Q62122 departs DeWitt Yard headed westbound on the Chicago Line, soon they will take the turn north to head up the St. Lawrence Sub on their way to Montreal.

This view at Woodbine shows the 7023 & 8033 on another empty coal train. SD50/60's and Dash 8's were the state of the art power on these trains for some 8 years until the first Dash 9's and C44AC'... (more)

Reading and Northerrn NRFF passes through the Automatic 99 signals at Taggartsville, PA north of Tamaqua. Two former CSX SD50s and a GP30 are working hard up the grade towards East Manhoy Junction... (more)