The last rays of sunlight eluminate Reading heritage unit leading the 11J through Conpit Jct.

The Gallitzin Tunnel Time Machine turned out the Norfolk Southern Reading Railroad Heritage SD70ACe 1067 leading the NS 11J autorack train westbound, following Amtrak's westbound Pennsylvanian tha... (more)

Norfolk Southern's westbound 11J autorack empties crosses the Juniata River on the old Pennsylvania Railroad stone arch bridge - ironically with the Reading Railroad heritage unit in charge.

NS Illinois Terminal Heritage unit 1072 awaits its next stone train assignment at Dyers Quarry.

AC power at Guaiana yard: AC44i #615 as DPU of southbound train X64 and Eldorado SD70ACe #9572 heading the northbound empty X29.

11J Doing 60MPH into Laytrobe Station with the Reading unit leading!

The new machine in the desert sunset: EMD GT46AC locomotive displacement alone in search of a train load of iron, in the testing phase. Are 6 new EMD units GT46AC already arrivals at FERRONOR Chil... (more)

With a foreman occupying the block beside us, we turned our backs to the CP tracks and set our focus on the adjacent CN Kingston Sub. However, when we noticed this surprise round the corner, we we... (more)

FCRD 1810 makes a light move toward the port to rearrange some boxcars.

On Sunday, August 11, a FCRD loaded coal train coming from the CSX interchange derailed just before the Bonneview Ave. railroad crossing. A total of six hoppers derailed, one of which turned over ... (more)

Canadian National coal train No. 769 travels up the Luscar Industrial Spur near Cadomin, Alberta, on July 15, 2013. The strange jog in the track about 12 cars back is where a switch was once locat... (more)

A long way from "home", the Central of Georgia heritage unit leads train 23Z up track three and around Horseshoe Curve, on its way from Harrisburg, PA, to Chicago. Photo by Casey Thomason. For m... (more)

RARELY-PHOTOGRAPHED ROCKS. In the wilds of the Adirondack Mountains, the hearty soul may find seemingly endless photographic excitement. Navigating the grid of public and private lands to... (more)

A loaded ballast train from the quarry at the foot of Homestake Pass rolls east through Willow Creek past an old elevator. The MRL 5th Sub used to be the route passenger trains plied to serve Butt... (more)

End of an Era
Even though the CF&I had already been purchased by Oregon Steel Mills years earlier in 1992, the rails being rolled in the mill after the acquisition date would still ha... (more)