My first encounter with the new Siemens ACS-64. Well, almost ... rode behind one (on a cloudy day) from Boston Back Bay to NY Penn three days prior to this shot, ... but close enough!

Acela shreds, on time, through the middle track at Newark Airport.

This appears to be the (former?) C&NW Business Car "Chicago." Used apparently as a terminal office for the BRRT in Corpus Christi, TX, the car looks to be left wholly intact (with additional sate... (more)

Variety at Corwith

All Soo, all the time, forever.

Interesting GP38-2 with flared radiators.

Thanks to a comment, I researched this ... this locomotive was one of the GP40Xs delivered to Union Pacific (UP 90, then UP 9000, then UP 954, befo... (more)

Appreciated the D&H Geep/Caboose coupling.

I actually don't think this is at UP/MP Jenks, based on satellite photos. The preponderance of ex-MoPac SDs and the KCS make me think midwest (Chicago or KC). Does anyone recognize this? Possi... (more)

A quad brace of UP's ubiquitous SD40-2s dynamically brake a train sliding off the grade from Sherman Hill into Cheyenne. This crew is almost done for the day.

Led by UP's class SD60, a heavy train finally makes the grade on the Harriman Line, rejoining the Overland main at Tie Siding.

UP (Ex-MoPac) SD40-2s 4298, B4253, and a sister, hold the siding with the Austin Local. They are waiting for an extremely late ... (more)