Joint action on the Joint Line at Logan Hill in the Powder River Basin. Two southbound coal trains approach the underpass as they climb upgrade from the Antelope Mine area towards Bill, WO. this r... (more)

A CN oil train slows to a stop at Hillside Rd. crossing near Ackerville, WI between Slinger and Rugby Jct. The train will meet a northbound freight before continuing south.

An empty oil train led by CREX 1426 slows to cross the Clark Fork near Trout Creek, MT on Oct. 13, 2018. The train is on Montana Rail Link with empties from a Pacific Northwest Refinery returning ... (more)

A retired Northern Pacific 40 ft. combo door boxcar serves as a storage shed on a farm/ranch near Glendive, MT. The car obviously was damaged in a derailment at some point, and I would expect acqu... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder rolls by the former Milwaukee Road depot as it slows for its stop at Red Wing, MN on a cloudy October morning. The station has been restored and is used by Amtrak. The Miss... (more)

CP 8612 in the traditional gray and maroon scheme works cars at Mission in the middle of its duties as the Mission Turn from Coquitlam Yard near Vancouver, BC. It will switch a few industries alon... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s and a radio control car splice a block of grain cars on a train rolling past the Mission City, BC station on CP's mainline into Vancouver. Mission has a small yard and junction f... (more)

CNW 6812 leads a westbound freight towards Rodell, WI, location of a passing siding east of Fall Creek. It will head into the siding for a meet before finishing its trip into Altoona, about 10 mil... (more)

Argentine Yard was a focal point for Santa Fe power on the eastern portion of their railroad. Evidence of the ill-fated SPSF merger was on display this day along with regular power and some Conrai... (more)

An amply powered intermodal train races east near Carrollton, MO led by B36-7 no. 7485, three GP50s and an SDP40F. The latter unit was acquired from Amtrak and rebuilt for freight service. Apparen... (more)

The launching pad at Collinwood was a good place to see quick servicing of Conrail TV (trailer van) trains in 1981. Here two eastbound trains are quickly serviced before heading on to Buffalo and ... (more)

The launching pad at Collinwood was a good place to see quick servicing of Conrail TV (trailer van) trains in 1981. Here two eastbound trains are quickly serviced before heading on to Buffalo and ... (more)

A former Erie-Lackawanna SD45-2 repainted for Conrail is in Collinwood shops for some maintenance work. Note the extended range fuel tank specified by EL. Also note the standard hi-adhesion trucks... (more)

A quartet of Cleveland Electric GP38-2s idle at Collinwood between runs. The utility acquired these locomotives for handling coal trains on Conrail trackage to their power plant.

MILW F40C no. 48 shoves a rush hour commuter train under CNW's entry to Madison St. station on its way in to Union Station for passenger loading. Soon it will be headed to the suburbs north or wes... (more)