During the summer of 1996, a Conrail freight derailed several cars near Savannah, NY. The engineer snapped a photo as he passed by the site. You can see all of the yellow Conrail vehicles cleani... (more)

A pair of 80MACs are shifted around the yard, date is approximate.

Railfans watch a SB freight charging down the former-ACL main. BTW these same fans found and reported multiple failed bolts in the crossovers. Did it prevent a wreck? Who knows.

Illinois Central train CHG passes Tuscola Tower (TY) at Tuscola, Illinois, on June 12, 1990. This tower was operated by the IC until closed in October 1992; protecting the crossing of the IC with ... (more)

Twilight / Sunset at Palmer Lake with the City of Palmer Lake at left and the namesake Lake at right

A real joint line joint powered freight makes his way up at Palmer Lake with the namesake Lake at right

Back in 1976, urban sprawl had yet to envelope Fairfax Station, VA. It was still a largely rural area populated with dense forest and scenic farms. One would not recognize the location today, no... (more)

Southbound Southern No. 5, the "Piedmont," passes through Rockfish, VA in Oct., 1974 with four FP7s. Note the TOFC flats on the rear.

Burlington Northern GP38-2 #2328 putting together its train, the Columbus, MS turn, in the yard. #2328 was built December 1976 as Frisco #473. Unit later became Burlington Northern Santa Fe #2328... (more)

An SD35, SD40-2 and SD45 team up to take 148 cars north past the plant at Arkwright on their way to Atlanta.

Rare sighting of a ST Louis, Southwestern GP 60 on the coastline passing through Ventura California.

After the SCL merger the MBAs at Jacksonville reduced access to the import industrial port city from 5 to 1, that one being at the mercy of at least two moveable bridges. Once one of the only U-b... (more)

Two Milwaukee Road GP20s take a westbound freight through Hoffman Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the afternoon of March 22, 1986. With not much room in the area between the multiple tracks belo... (more)

Extended D/B and high headlight are dead giveaways that this is an ex-CRR unit. Train behind is a daily train 466 on the Winston Salem Southbound which mixed power from the two competitors.

A pair of North Western geeps slowly follow a high-wide load out of Rice's Point in Duluth. The Schnabel car was pulled out of the port by a pair of Soo Line geeps and will be turned over to a lik... (more)