CSX 1 leads the OCS south by Jamestown on the way to Jacksonville.

At the end of a cold December 7, 1996, day, Wisconsin Central train 47 diverges onto the connection track at Duplainville, Wisconsin, for the trip back home to North Fond du Lac. Train Nos. 46 and... (more)

CSX brass heads south through downtown Rebecca at track speed on their way to Jacksonville.

Two Heritage, No Waiting!

Earlier this month, Amtrak 3 arrived behind P42DC 184 (on the 9th) and then 130 (on the 10th), and today (the 28th) they both arrived again, but now on ... (more)

Amtrak's California Zephyr rounding the curve at Shady Glen before its next stop at Colfax, CA.

Amtrak heritage engine 184 (P42DC) sits next to the Winter Park Express Ski Train at Denver's Union Station.

The California Zephyr runs through Fort Morgan, Colorado at sunrise.

Most trains traveling east out of Alliance, NE are loaded with Powder River coal, but in the Nebraska sand hills along Nebraska Route 2, we traveled in our Chevrolet Impala station wagon alongsid... (more)

The last run of the day from downtown Montreal to Mascouche is passing Turcot Ouest with the usual consist of an F59PH and three multilevel cars.

A Sunset Cameo. On Friday, May 18, 2022, CTDX P40BWH 6705 (née-AMTK 841, P40DC) pulls Shore Line East Train 1687 west from the Old Saybrook, Connecticut Station. This former P40DC is one o... (more)

Amtrak’s Empire Builder, train 7, is westbound over the Cut Bank Judith River Trestle on May 22. The train is led by 50th Anniversary Day 1 scheme, Amtrak ALC-42 301, along with the ALC-42 302 ... (more)

It was the Seventies. A time when one could pull into a service station and the attendant would fill your tank, check the air and oil, and wipe your windshield. And all for 39.9¢ per gall... (more)

Metra 104, painted in a new scheme honoring the city of Chicago, leads a outbound NCS train past Tower A-2.

Finally got me a Pepsi can!

CMQ 9021 idles on the shed lead with an empty ballast train, about to be lifted by CP 8031 and added to the wayfreight for a westbound departure to be reloaded.