Looking closely, you can see Norfork Southern colors (!) infiltrating the Conrail scene. In a world of unit trains and intermodals, there were still plenty of "loose-car" merchandise trains to be... (more)

By this date the Detroit Edison locomotives (picture 219249) that once powered DEEX unit coal trains have become a thing of the past, and Conrail power now muscles the empties from No. 1 main to N... (more)

Not since Penn Central coal trains wore out the tracks in the 1960s have such moves been common on the Ann Arbor. Makes you wonder why these two westerners are found detouring into Toledo from th... (more)

Alas, time and the intense western sun seem to have done their worst to this example of the "world's best diesel paint scheme." At least the paint is still intact, unlike that on another warbonne... (more)

As Conrail's assets were divided between NS and CSX, did you find that labeling your photographs proved somewhat confusing for a while? -- this sure LOOKS like a Conrail consist. But the process ... (more)

Yes, this is the same train as illustrates the Joliet entry in Kalmbach's "Hot Spots" guide book. Photographer Howard Ande was standing about 100 feet farther up the track when he took his versio... (more)

Commuters alight from the first of three evening trains down from Chicago on the Heritage Corridor (which otherwise functions as the eastern anchor of BNSF's Transcon line).

Ah, if only the Armour Yellow on this visitor from the West were as pristine as the snow amidst which she waits, ferrying empty autoracks back to Detroit.

One of CN's newest traverses the tortuous Fraser Canyon passage. Compare the rooftop appurtenances of two generations of EMD power.

A southbound UFIX unit coal train reaches for the top of the grade at Palmer Lake. Perhaps that third unit is drawing upon the lading for a little boost to the fuel supply!

The Galesburg engine facility, not long before it began to take on the orange hues with which we associate it today, although a close look reveals quite a mixed bag of power at any rate.

Under "juicy" skies and a strong southwest wind, the crew of this eastbound Wisconsin Electric unit coal train might be mindful, too, of the threat of a tornado. Not too many places to hide a tra... (more)

The airconditioning unit was getting a good workout on this day -- the temperature was well over 100 (F). Is the soil really that red ... or is it the earth glowing?

The grandeur of the Columbia River Gorge rather helps keep human endeavors in perspective, no?

Redevelopment of the Mukilteo waterfront continues (replacement of old Air Force tank farm with new dock for Boeing and an additional Sounder station) as the trains likewise continue to run.