It's Getting Cold Up Here

The first thick blanket of snow has fallen on the Altoona area, and NS is as busy as ever with extra intermodal traffic ahead of the holidays. This place ne... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Vermonter train #55 is seen crossing the 3rd Branch White River in the quaint New England town of Bethel, Vermont. The Vermonter has Amtrak commemorative P42, #184 leading thr... (more)

Iowa Interstate's eastbound CBBI is nearing the end of its run from South Amana to Silvis and it is seen here cutting through downtown Davenport, Iowa on elevated track with a mixed train of doubl... (more)

The St. Croix Valley uses an SD40M-2 to switch out sand cars at the Titan Lansing Transloading facility in Harris, Minnesota.

Locomotives:
SCXY 1325 SD40M-2

An Iowa Traction steeple cab electric moves tank cars around at the transload facility next to the railroad's engine terminal building.

Locomotives:
IATR 54 BLW Steeple Cab

An aerial view of early morning at Copper Creek. CSX's running of The Santa Train will be extra special this year for the 75th Anniversary as Clinchfield Railroad 3632 (SD45) and 800 (F3) were res... (more)

The low winter sun has risen enough to illuminate the rails for the passage of westbound Rio Grande train #187. Tunnel Motor #5404 leads the 5 unit set.

Autumn in New York. As CSX Q003 (CSX 5261 - ES44DC, CSX 37 - AC44CW) rolls northbound over the trestle in Catskill, New York over Catskill Creek on the River Line on Friday, November 3, 2017. Afte... (more)

Beautiful view near the station Köln Messe/Deutz to the Hohenzollernbrücke over the river Rhein with a local train. In the background the Kölner Dom (cathedrale) and Köln Hbf (main station). T... (more)

NS 740 splits between the Soy Bean fields in Claremont

When you get to Copper Creek and the light is straight on the head end....go to the air! Q696 crosses over the high bridge at Copper Creek, passing parallel to the NS Appalachia District below.

NS train 16T makes its way across the high trestle at Dovel Hollow with an interesting mix of engines.