Heading east with the rising sun, Norfolk and Western M-class #475 makes its way through the Amish countryside, bound for Paradise to pick up some revenue freight.

Easing off of the former Pennsylvania Railroad street running, Nittany & Bald Eagle GP8 (ex-New York Central) 1601 makes its way to the Norfolk Southern interchange at Tyrone, PA.

Not bad for my first night shot! Leading the Warren-Johnsonburg local southbound past an old barn, Rochester & Southern GP40 #102 breaks the still silence of the Pennsylvania winter woods.

Headed back to Chicago after a weekend of day trips to and from Madison, WI, the Varsity passes the General Electric 50-tonner owned by the local grain elevator. Interestingly enough, SLRG 515 an... (more)

With the Reedsburg Local in tow, Wisconsin & Southern SD40-2 #4009 (ex-MILW #199) trundles along former mainline of the Chicago & North Western Railroad near Lodi, Wisconsin. Far removed are the ... (more)

Making every bit of track speed, Iowa Pacific E8s 515 and 518 lead the eastbound Varsity from Madison, WI to Chicago, IL. I almost didn't get this shot- heard the horn very closeby when I was hal... (more)

After most of a day's worth of rainy, cloudy chasing, Bennett Levin's restored PRR E8's lead the Pacific Express into Cambridge Springs, PA. The train, which spent its day traveling the former Er... (more)

Old Meets New- A New York Central U25B is parked alongside a Norfolk Southern Dash-8 while their crews interact. Lighting and actors provided by NetzlofDesign.

The Diesel That Did It- In a scene that could have just as easily come from 1939 as 2014, General Motors FT-A #103-A sits under the water column at the Southern Railway's Spencer, NC steam shop. I... (more)

There is nothing else I've seen of Man's industrial might more impressive than a blast furnace being tapped. Here we see a line of bottle cars spotted under the cast house, with one being filled ... (more)

With the sound of three EMD 645's screaming in run 8, two Bessemer & Lake Erie SD40T-3's bracing an SD38AC drag a loaded ore drag out of Conneaut Harbor. An unexpected snowstorm that morning foll... (more)

A Buffalo & Pittsburgh extra bound for D&I Silica in Sheffield, PA passes on its way through Clarendon, PA with seven carloads of silica sand for use in "fracking" gas wells. The rise of the Marc... (more)