A pair of SD40E helpers shove hard on the rear of loaded corn train 10K to assist it over the grade in Cresson on the Pittsburgh Line.

Steam fever spreads. Even the engines making up Iowa Interstate’s CBBI (Council Bluffs, Iowa to Blue Island, IL) are puttin’ it out as Big Boy fever spreads. IAIS 601 (GP38, ex-Missouri Pacific) a... (more)

A GP38-2 that was built back in 1972 for the L&N is seen here in HLCX Maroon colors, as it leads the BNSF Westbound local from GM Yard in Hodgkins, IL to Galesburg Yard in Galesburg, IL.

Freeport McMoran #63 slogs up the steep 5% grade up Shannon Hill with a long train of empties for Morenci. This steep, winding section of track was originally a three foot gauge branchline to Shan... (more)

NECR 608 heads south past Columbia Junction with two 38's notching up, letting out a little smoke.

I was asked by a guy in a car driving by the tunnel if the N&W 611 was coming, I said no. If he had stayed for the show he may have thought I was lying at first. A brand new SD70ACe emerges out of... (more)

CSX Local Wauhatchie, Tn to Nashville, Tn. is seen here crossing over the NS AGS North Subdivision with a GE CSX YN2 on the point.

The Zephyr departs Galesburg for the West Coast.

The Auburn yard job smokes it up by the old Auburn Cement and leaves to make way for GS-2.

An eastbound train on the Modoc Line disturbs the peace of a quiet Sunday morning in Likely, California. A standpipe for refilling steam locomotive tenders with water was probably the reason for ... (more)

Back when Amtrak would run excursions, a two-day Oregon circle trip climbs the west side of the Cascades on Southern Pacific. The train was sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS, and ov... (more)

Maintenance crew waits train X85 clear the section before back to work. The ALL red scheme is still wearing some of the locomotives at Rumo's roster.

Veteran F40PH 125 throws out a cloud of smoke as it cruises though Hinsdale with train 1277. In the background, train 1275 is slowing for a station stop.

IAIS 508 leads the daily Silvis to Blue Island train through New Lenox on beautiful Easter Sunday morning.