BNSF 3119 and 102 lead a short 2 car San Jac local seen from the Harley Knox overpass along I-215 as the train heads south.

Grain season is here. Here an I&O crew takes grain empties north to Mechanicsburg for loading. I&O 5012 brings up the rear of the train, as OC 4028 pulls it north. This Buck Creek trestle is locat... (more)

Job Briefing- FWWR's 501 Crew Job Brief's one last time before this 3 man crew, and trio of Geep 50's, slips off into the humid darkness, pushing and pulling sand hoppers well into the dawn.

The TPW runs a manifest east towards Reynolds, IN where it will park for the night.

The 121 Job heads west through "The Land of Brick and Sausage" with a load of chicken waste. Main Street in Elgin is decorated for the upcoming 26th Annual Hogeye Festival and soon the street will... (more)

After finishing up some chores west of town, a short BNSF local heads back to the yard where it'll tie up for the day.

A fun, four pack of light engines heads west down Main 1, as an eastbound passes on 2. Leading is a Santa Fe Bluebonnet GP50, followed by a BNSF "Smurf" GP38-2, a BN Cascade green GP39-2R and a BN... (more)

Broken rail underneath the derailed CBNS 5009 at Cruger, IL. Talked to the engineer of the train and he said he believes the broken rail was the result of the derailment. This was only a minor der... (more)

IORY 5005 heads west through Washington, IL long hood forward with some grain loads. Locomotive has since been repainted into G&W livery as the TPW 5015.

NS P11 stands on the south leg of the wye in Lula, Ga. with geep50 7065 which wouldn't lead the remainder of the trip to Atlanta. While I was making my way north up I85 the best I could, P11 depar... (more)

Blue and yellow is back in the lead as a Santa Fe GP50 leads the South Local through Merrifield.

Sitting before the storm, a EMD GP50 waits to be brought into the National Railway Equipment shops in Mt. Vernon, IL. This engine will either be scrapped, or rebuilt into a new Generator Set Locom... (more)

NS GP50 7068 speeds westbound Frisco local T74 through Speers Ferry on a rainy spring evening enroute to Duffield, VA to switch local customers. Built in 1980 for the Southern Railway to pull some... (more)