As rain threatens in the west the eastbound daily train pulls some empty hoppers out of Circle S Ranch's huge feed mill. They will move the cars to Grace to make room for an inbound grain train. ... (more)

The face of shoreline railroading has changed so much since 70-tonners and old end-cabs plied light rail with light cars. I attribute much of this to the almost universal use of 286,000 lb. gross... (more)

Pointed at Starkey Hill, that winding grade close to town that is the start of the "Pumpkin Vine" line to Winston Salem, NC. Due to proximity and a grade nearing 1.7% Starkey has been t... (more)

I don't know if they are outstanding in their field but they are out standing in somebody's field because the crops grow right up to the tracks at the nice new shop facility. We didn't catch the ... (more)

Right pretty in that orange after originally coming in SP gray. Looks like a portrait might be appropriate.

Apparently already retired, one of the three-engine Gensets which didn't work out. The NREs weren't exactly ugly but very few seem to be picked up on the used market. I remember when we all shak... (more)

Grounded! These units were embargoed while everybody decided the safety modifications needed to make them compliant with local regulations. Not carried on the Railpower catalog, the "DF&quo... (more)

Off to Chicago, the daily EB freight grinds upgrade toward Homestead after departing the beautiful new yard and shop area. Really wished they had swapped those units.

This ATSF original could be imagined to be looking back across a long career and it waits for work in the morning. Easy duty after the Class I duties.

The daily run has pulled up for a new crew on the south leg of the wye and will soon join NS's former C of G line for the run south to Allbenny (AKA Albany) where C of G used to deliver beautiful ... (more)

Lined up and ready to go on the daily train to Enid this unit was originally GM&O and was last owned by Iowa Interstate. I like that simple paint scheme.

The reddish hues of a late winter day suffuse the scene as this Lyons bound freight rumbles its way westbound in one of the several small town online. I chased this one with a good deal of sadnes... (more)

Semi retired after starting as a Seaboard Air Line GP7 over 70 years ago, this unit has to work maybe three days a week, and appears well taken care of. Other than the frame, I wonder how much of... (more)

Coupled to some beautiful old equipment including a beautifully restored PRR X29 boxcar this unit started its days as CRR 911. Many years and many owners later it labors for this Altoona-area sho... (more)

Western Maryland had no FP7s but Canadian Pacific did and because of that we can see what a Western Maryland FP7 might have looked like, well, minus that round tank and ditch lights etc. In any c... (more)