On home rails: Norfolk and Western takes a coal train west up the Christiansburg district, as it should be. Years ago, N&W 2-6-6-2s roared through this tunnel lugging heavy coal drags and the sle... (more)

The CSX Fs exit a short tunnel deep in Virginia coal country.

METX 500, Metra's RTA heritage unit, glides underneath the former Milwaukee Road signal bridge in Franklin Park, IL as it leads MD-W train 2227 in for a station stop.

IC 6252, one of the few remaining SD40-2s on CN's roster that still retains its Illinois Central paint (which includes an Operation Lifesaver logo), rolls through Hillside, IL at a moderate pace, ... (more)

CSX M634 with the ONE CSX Unit thru Fairport

SEPTA Extra 951, performing duties of "Wash-1", passes through Media, PA on the Media/Wawa line with KLW QST30BE-4TL 91. The seasonal wash/gel trains cover the system preventing the buildup of res... (more)

An SD70ACe leads Norfolk Southern U89 as it diverges at the Mada control point in Wyoming, West Virginia to head into the Alpha Metallurgical Contura-Kepler Prep Plant for loading. A set of Virgin... (more)

IHB 1505, a veteran SW1500, rumbles south with a local freight from the Indiana Harbor Belt's Burnham Yard, passing an auto scrapyard on the west side of Hammond, IN.

A little after midnight on a warmer-than-normal and foggy November evening, the DREI 201 crew is seen navigating an eastbound grain train towards the CSX interchange at Hillsdale. Usually on a roa... (more)

CP 6073, an aging SD40-2, finds itself working the east end of Bensenville Yard on a pulldown, seen here at Scott Street in Franklin Park, IL.

Stick season is back ladies and gentlemen. Two Mac’s pass under an old railway bridge that I believe belonged to the N&W.

A CSX empty passes rhe interlocking tower in Doswell with a nice flared MAC leading at 20:04! Doswell tower has an uncertain future as there are no plans for it to be moved or refurbished. Only ti... (more)

A MAC duo leads a grain train west through the iconic Staunton passenger station.

With stick season already here in the Shenandoah Valley NS 11Z passes the CPLs at Summit at 22:07 with the Virginian heritage unit on the Point as 16T waits in the siding.

On a balmy November evening just after sunset, the northbound crescent pulls into Lynchburg for a station stop. This was an incredibly uncommon occurrence as usually this train passes by around 1... (more)