To most railfans, Lehigh Valley means two things: Camelback engines with Wooton fireboxes, and long trains of anthracite-laden hoppers toiling over the mountains towards New York. The Black Diamo... (more)
Rio Grande EMD GP60 Nos. 3155 and 3154 power a summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train downgrade out of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 5, 2000. For a short while anyway, these ... (more)
Norfolk Southern had a little derailment of 2 gondolas loaded with pig iron. An NS local was pushing up the lead to the KBSR to clear Lafayette Junction when the derailment occurred, dumping two g... (more)