J780 leans into the curve at East End Tunnelton, another former siding control point. The siding and dwarf signals governing it were removed in the mid-2010s.
J780 is in the home stretch on its run to Mitchell, exiting the west portal of Big Tunnel.
Seen now on the opposite side of the Brownstown siding, J780 stops and proceeds from the westbound signal at W.E. Brownstown. Situations like this are common during a J780 chase, allowing for some... (more)
With their switching at Butlerville and North Vernon complete, J780 crawls west towards Mitchell, seen here passing the East End Brownstown bracket signal. As made evident by the name of the contr... (more)
J780 has begun its first run of the week, seen here about to drop a cut of cars at East End Butlerville. Signal replacements are imminent on the Indiana Sub, and Butlerville is on the chopping blo... (more)
J780 makes its morning run east from Mitchell to North Vernon. Here they are seen about to enter the west portal of Big Tunnel in Tunnelton, Indiana. This location is said by locals to be haunted,... (more)
With their loaded train emptied, the Deseret rips back east just outside of the Bonanza Generating Station.
The Deseret Power Railway is the last electric-powered coal hauling railroad left since the closure of the Black Mesa & Lake Powell and the Navajo Mine Railroad. A loaded coal train is seen here h... (more)
IAIS QJ 6988 crosses the Iowa River at Iowa City.
QJ 6988 passes the restored Rock Island depot at West Liberty, Iowa on it's way to Wilton.
6988 charges East towards Wilton with the day's excursion consist in tow.
A BMLP empty prepares to load it's train at Kayenta.
The last ever daylight BMLP coal load approaches the generating station in Page on August 25th 2019.
The last ever daylight run of the Black Mesa & Lake Powell cuts it's way through the northern Arizona desert.
An Ex-LMS C40-8W and a CSX SD40-2 lead a westbound manifest across Ivanhoe on the CN Matteson Subdivision.