Amtrak Empire Service train 284 arriving at Hudson station.

Happy Birthday, No Fooling. In a move that is viewed in a markedly different way today than at the time, on April 1, 1976, the railroading community was formally introduced to the portmante... (more)

O730 (Winston-New Wales-Winston) is currently one of the only guaranteed daylight movements within the Bone Valley....and tends to be quite predictable with running time & route, less predictable ... (more)

D-Day 6644 leads the westbound wayfreight up the south track into Thunder Bay thankfully avoiding the rapidly encroaching shadows. The Thunder Bay waterfront, CN Port Arthur station, and the Sleep... (more)

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Powered by a quartet of Super Fleet GE B40-8Ws, Santa Fe’s 199 train, the hottest in a fleet of hot intermodal trains, barrels through Ancona, Illinois, at 4:00 p.m... (more)

NS 4001 leads 62V east through New Market.

Reading on Reading: NS 20R after just entering the Port Reading Secondary at CP Bound Brook in the wee hours of the morning. NS 8088 (ES44AC) is trailing. Due to traffic changes (as of 2019... (more)

CP 6644 shoves the rear end of 113 into Vaughan IMS on a beautiful spring morning. Photo not to be used with permission, I'm looking at you, William.

The Nickle Plate heritage unit leads the last 16T out of Meridian, MS after fueling and a fresh AGS crew for the trip to Irondale, AL.

EJ&E 665 switches out Rowell chemical in Willow Springs.

NS 4001 made several round trips to New Jersey on 62V/63V between February and March. On this day the light was more favorable as 62V rolls through the curves at New Market on the Lehigh Line.

Canadian Pacific Railway 8114 (AC4400CWM) leads a grain train through downtown Denver, Colorado. With the merger of the CP and KCS railroads we are likely to see more CP/KCS trains coming through... (more)

After leading Empire 284 in from Niagara Falls, the Amtrak Phase V 50th Anniversary engine sits in the yard at the Rensselaer shops. This is the first of 6 engines to be painted in 50th Anniversar... (more)

CP military tribute unit CP 6644 is the sole power on a short Montreal to Saratoga train 252. The unit is leading the train down the siding past the passenger station as it approaches it's Saratog... (more)