Navigating the S-curve CN 2006 north is taking the turn on what was the former DM&N, then DM&IR and now the CN Iron Range Sub passing by the grade of the former D&IR which was abandoned in 1972.

White Nose In The Snow. As Pan Am Railways came closer and closer to being bought out, it seemed the paint shop was concurrently less active and more creative. Previous generations of EMDs ... (more)

CN 2107 crossing over the St. Louis River.

On a typical spring day with dark skies, cold winds and mixed precipitation, CN 2033 slows while coming into the curve at Biwabik on the running track to wait for a northbound that will keep on mo... (more)

The almost fluorescent green of the new season's leaves really contrasts the dark storm clouds at 2000 hrs. as CN 2000 rolls 145 cars of steaming taconite pellets between the old mine dumps locate... (more)

Pan Am's daily Rigby Yard (South Portland, ME)-Ayer, MA freight cruises past a tidy farm in the waning days of the railroad's existence. CSX will take over here starting June 1.

Pan Am ran an extra train from Boston to Brunswick using a CSX F40 and a lone coach. The Dash 8 was on the point due to PTC requirements. The train was carrying CSX executives and is seen at Powde... (more)

Norfolk Southern Train 27A heads south through Birmingham, AL.

Northboud with an ex-Con in the lead.

Pan Am road freight POAY is seen passing through Andover, approaching CPF-Vale with a nice matching set of power.

Portland to Ayer freight POAY is seen doing the 25 mph track speed along the freight main in Tewksbury about to cross Livingston Street.

After the crew reported a catastrophic failure with possibly a cracked engine block, the lead unit of train POAY was shut down at State Line. The crew then continued West with the other two units ... (more)

Pam Am road freight AYPO is seen headed East through the "Bleachery" section of Lowell.

Empty gondolas leaving Maspeth for CSX Oak Point Yard in Bronx.

The skies are about to open up again at any minute dropping a mixture of snow, sleet, and rain and the while the wind is howling. All this is just fine for the northbound crew on these empties as ... (more)