Rounding the great arc west of Altoona this autumn afternoon is Baltimore-Conway symbol BAPI.

It's early morning in Henrietta, MO along the Missouri River bottoms as the 5005 - looking Santa Fe all the way - and its consist slam the switch frogs. Santa Fe got the most from its power roster... (more)

With a low throated chug, two relatively new AC4400CW units ease their coal train into Plain, CO for a meet with westbound empties. The days of SP as an independent carrier and of the former D&RGW... (more)

BN No. 61, operating between Chicago and Denver, is crossing the Missouri River via the impressive span at Plattsmouth, NE. A second mainline and bridge were added in 2013 to alleviate this single... (more)

Somewhat of an oddball power assortment for a coal empty, SD50 6791 leads B40-8 5070 and Dash8-40CW 6144 past MG. Even with its tattered window shades, the still part-time open office at MG, just ... (more)

Espee was no stranger to the Kansas City area, using ATSF and UP tracks east of KC and former Rock Island and MoPac tracks toward Tucumcari and Pueblo, respectively. The signal bridge says "S... (more)

Wish I had spent more time on the old B&O West End. A westbound hopper train is leaving M&K Jct. as it crosses the twin Warren truss bridges above Cheat River. In November of 1985, both bridges we... (more)

It's a splendid summer afternoon as a westbound manifest comes rolling down the straightaway between Cassandra and Portage. At one time there was an interlocking here, where the O Secondary track ... (more)

The train could be heard for a good fifteen minutes as it labored up the grade. Symbol CAEL has passed the westbound home signals at MG interlocking on its way across the Allegheny Mountains.

On an early summer evening, BN 5045 waits for a meet with an eastbound that will be coming off the single track segment across the Missouri River. Even at a distance, those searchlight signals be... (more)

One of my favorite locomotive color schemes was that of the Burlington Northern SD70MACs in their original lettering. They ruled the coal routes for several years. Here a trio have paused with the... (more)

Although most eastbounds dropped downgrade at a slow pace, my notes suggest this 81 car outfit was moving briskly for the territory - likely account its ample braking power. The train is entering ... (more)

Symbol CAPI out of Camden, NJ, with its usual block of hi cube boxcars on the head-end, has an SD60, SD40-2R and SD60 leading its 114 cars; and you can be certain there are a pair of SD40-2s on th... (more)

This was the place to be to witness mountain railroading in the east. CR volumes were heavy with manifest traffic, vans and mineral freight. Most tonnage outfits had helpers in both directions and... (more)

On one of those brooding summer days when the skies threaten storms, Conway to Baltimore manifest symbol PIBA comes rolling through Mill Creek, PA with a generous power allotment of two SD60Ms and... (more)