The Memory Remains

The NS OCS climbs west through Horseshoe Curve, passing the remains of the second derailment on the curve for July. Thankfully, it seems NS learned their lesson an... (more)

The Wrap-around

The NS Office Car Special pulls west out of Altoona, wrapping around Horseshoe Curve a bit after 11 am.

On a nice July 4th morning, KBS 701 leads a grain train east into Lafayette.

TTI U28B 260 makes a debut run on the caboose train, passing the semaphores at East Switch.

After picking up the MoW equipment at Colmor, the MoW track gang train is seen knocking down the northern most semaphores on the Raton Sub at MP 706.1.

A NS SD70Ace leads an intermodal train under the now removed PRR position light signals in Derry PA on a hot July morning.

As the light fades, eastbound ethanol train K602 flies across High Falls in downtown Rochester NY. Union Pacific's 'Chicago and Northwestern' heritage unit was a welcome visitor on this warm summe... (more)

A collection of yard power including, MP15s, GP40-2s, and GP40-3s sit ready in the engine terminal at CSX's Niagara Falls yard.

The daily CP intermodal train Q165 travels west over CSX rail between Buffalo and Chicago, passing under the signal bridge at CP 85 in Erie, Pennsylvania with a pair of CP locomotives for power.

After Selkirk to Niagara Falls train B789 cut their power away, a Niagara Falls yard crew is getting to work with a pair of RC SD40-2's to switch out the cars and block them for various local indu... (more)

For the first time in many years, TTI (IRMX) 260 makes it debut, running the caboose train at the Illinois Railway Museum.

IRM's newest addition, the TTI 260, sits next to the BN 5383 and UP 1848 at IRM. The 260 will eventually be painted into its original CB&Q Chinese red paint scheme to match the museum's existing S... (more)

A special line-up in yard five for IRM's Diesel Days. A group of three General Electric locomotives is headed up by the newest arrival, the TTI 260.

Metra 308 leads CNW 411 and the bilevel train west past the CNW semaphores at West Switch in Union. The 308 was one of many unusual units IRM pulled out for Diesel Days this year.

A couple F units put on a great show as the bilevel train splits the semaphores at Olsen Road.