For the first time ever, the Illinois Railway Museum's resident GG1 poses next to Spaulding Tower as museum volunteers re-enact hooping up orders during the museum's "Shay it Forward" ev... (more)

KCS 4795 (ES44AC) leads another KCS GE on westbound/southbound CPKC intermodal 180 through Hampshire, IL

UP 6379, one of the few remaining AC4400CWs still in Southern Pacific garb, leads loaded CPKC sand train 640, seen here running through Glenview, IL due to the dispatcher's decision to run the tra... (more)

KCSM 4654 (ES44AC) leads southbound CPKC manifest 248 past the Metra station in Lake Forest, IL.

CP 8861 (ES44AC) leads another CP GE on CPKC intermodal train 180 through the small town of Kirkland, IL, only about 1.5 hours into its 3 day trip to Mexico.

ACes In The Hole | A colorful lashup of four SD70ACes leads the southbound Fort Smith Turn out of Springdale, AR at dusk on a hot Wednesday, June 28, 2023 evening. Despite the different liv... (more)

Empty Ethanol train westbound 386 axles at a time.

The seemingly new normal of wildfire smoke. A little early morning fog, some wildfire smoke from Canada and steam coming off the fresh made pellets as they travel south for Two Harbors.

Bed time at Rockhill Furnace. Completing a full day of operations, the crew of East Broad Top Mikado #16 takes their engine past the "stone house" in the yard at Rockhill Furnace,... (more)

Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited arrives in Waterloo, Indiana with two 40th Anniversary Units. Amtrak 145, in Phase III leads Amtrak 130 in Phase II.

The rails along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor glimmer ahead of its flagship train, the Acela, while lights from rush hour traffic create a shimmer along Interstate I-495 in Claymont, DE.

VLocity set 3VL84 running an up Traralgon service passes a Metro HCMT set at Caulfield Station.

CSX's "Chessie System" heritage unit leads train M64825 out of the siding at the north end of Brownsand in Junction City, Georgia.

All Just A Blur | Just a couple of hours after midnight on the morning of Sunday, June 25, 2023, southbound CPKC manifest train M262 cruises down the Rich Mountain grade at Eagleton, AR. Li... (more)

Crossing Lights On A Saturday Night | Having paused on the main track at Page, OK to wait for track ahead to clear, a northbound train of empty coal hoppers picks up speed as it heads into ... (more)