IC 1003, IC 1005, and IC 1034 takes the morning off at Joliet Yard.

Just a few miles into its run to Silver Bay, the mid day train has their 3 motors in Run 8 with a load of crude ore.

Pusher power on a tailings train with a backdrop of fall colors in the hills of the Lake Superior Basin.

A weathered western leader still wearing its H2 paint scheme throttles up the hill through the village of Mount Victory.

Coal and corn. Apparently still a 20-cylinder, this leaser has picked up a train of empties from INRD at Beehunter and is running SB on trackage rights. They will soon gain home rails at the jun... (more)

A chilly -10F morning finds the light of a lantern briefly illuminating the nose of 409 as a waning crescent moon rises in the sky above.

Widening the throttle out of Rochelle: A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD9s intensify their chant as they pull a welded rail train over the Union pacific (former Chicago & North Western) diamond... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern's T-31 job crosses the French Broad river as it arrives into Asheville from Canton.

Coal loads for Newport News split the signals at "American Standard" on the Big Sandy subdivision.

A pair of SD60's and a train of mostly old school colorful boxcars makes for nice looking train in 2023.

Coming up from Two Harbors with one meet under their belts way back at Brimson, MN the crew were told to slow down because they were going to wait here at Gilbert for about 45 minutes until an all... (more)

After loading and departing United Taconite, it was a nice run to the siding here at Alborn were they had to wait on three northbounds to pass and clear before getting back underway for Proctor ya... (more)

A Norfolk southern hopper train rolls west at CP Arthur with a dash 9 leader.

The spectacular red cliffs highlight the towering geological formations around Burns, bathing in soft morning light as an unlikely trio of GEs hustle through with BNSF's traffic for Provo, tight o... (more)

NSM's mid-day train is about half ways back on its journey to Babbitt for another load.