Big derailment at Irondale

An Amtrak B32 dash 8 sits at the Beech grove shops, Next to it sits an ex-VRE F40. Two outcasts surrounded by P40's and P42's.

UP 8730 leads an eastbound manifest into downtown Arlington on a hot late spring morning

At the Depot. The nicely restored Mallet locomotive takes a break at the Frostburg Depot on a Lerro charter.

Point-No-Point Replacement In Progress. Conrail Day (so named for the creation of Consolidated Rail Corporation on April 1, 1976), April 1, 2023, was a good day to check on the progress of ... (more)

Homeward Bound. On a day that began with the ground covered in a light snowfall, the SVRR local returns toward Staunton from Pleasant Valley on a bright, sunny afternoon.

Midnight Trains in Empty Stations. The title is taken from the song, "These Foolish Things." The 1309 poses during a Lerro night photography session.

The Iowa Northern's North Crew does work in the Manly Terminal. This is the farthest north the Iowa Northern goes. The Manly Yard used to be a small little operation with an interchange point wit... (more)

Big derailment in Norris Yard.

Big derailment in Norris Yard.

Cold Steam. Near the end of a very frigid day on a Lerro outing, the 1309 does a runby on the famous Helmstetter's Curve.

Another classic example of a customer sick and tired of the Class 1 treatment and has contracted a small time operation to do their switching. As is the case as the Saturday morning crew is busy w... (more)

Working the Facility. The AIKR local pulls forward while working W.R. Grace near Aiken.

Green over red on the signal and red over green in the sky as a southbound CN freight hums along the Rainy sub about to cross over the Ramshaw diamond.