BNSF can do what UP can't do and that is field an A-B-B-A consist of locomotives made up of two EMD GP60B's book ended by a GE C44-9 leading, followed by a borrowed UP EMD SD70M trailing. Easily ... (more)

NYC Hickory Creek is back in Grand Central, and not too far away from where it was normally spotted when it ran on the 20th Century Limited decades ago. It was on display for National Train Day 2... (more)

A hot OACHT roars upgrade through Secret Town on Donner's double track.

Six Alco RSD-15 "Alligators" lead Santa Fe's unit coal train from York Canyon, N.M. to Kaiser Steel Corp. at Fontana, Calif. around ATSF's horseshoe curves at Blanchard, N.M. on Sept. 15, 1968. ... (more)

CSX A760, Atlanta to Augusta train finally arrives into town with a nice veteran SD40-2 one the point as it makes its way towards the yard.

With a wave from the engineer, Seaboard System U23B #2719, U23B #2722, MP15T #1212, B23-7 #5102, GP40's 6724 & 6791, and U36B's 5771 & 5720) leads train 1st #329 southbound off Pine Mountain and i... (more)

Welcome to the Jungle! Go back in time 15 plus years ago, this would be a common sight with ATSF stack trains and manifest would pass through all day and all night. Now, with the Alameda Co... (more)

The 16-car couchette version of CRH1. Top speed at 250km/h.

CSX #4726 makes a royal entrance under the wrought iron arches of the famed Mount Royal Station shed located on the former B&O line, now a major CSX artery of the eastern seaboard. To the right, t... (more)

Afternoon thunderstorms are winding down as MM&A Crude oil #606 charges through light rain showers at Spruce just west of Milan.

Under threatening skies as thunderstorms are moving to the region, Saint John New-Brunswick bound MM&A crude oil unit train # 606 works upgrade toward the Quebec/Maine border at Frontenac

EMD's reign as top diesel builder is already in jeopardy as a B23-7 and two U36Bs lead a road freight past a pair of Uceta Shop rebuilds.

Bathed in the last few rays of sunlight, UP's KG3LB (Global 3, IL - Long Beach, CA) stack train climbs .08% Roy Hill just west of Ogden.

Train #75, the westbound CALIFORNIA SPECIAL behind an A-B-A set of Alco PAs, speeds toward a connection with the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF at Clovis, New Mexico. The train is crossing Avenue P and is ab... (more)