Seen from atop a rocky hill, the MRL gas train curves into the tiny town of Weeksville, prepping to meet a train at Paradise a few miles out.

Skating along the Clark Fork River in northwest Montana, MRLs famous day gas train begins its eastward trek for Missoula, with the normal ‘06 & ‘08 up front.

Bozeman pass, known across the country as one of the more iconic mountain passes that trains traverse, sees a local once a week with some of the last GP35 locomotives left in operation. On this su... (more)

In November of 2020, MRL released the second of two special wrapped locomotives to honor those related with the company, with the first being veterans, and the latter being essential workers. And ... (more)

An icon to Montana, and hard to find around the country, one of the last straight SD45s rumbles up the MRL Montana City Branch with a few cars of concrete for Helena. Paired up with the 355 is the... (more)

With spring in full swing, the first leg of DREIs wayfreight from Decatur to Terra Haute is seen here traversing the Embarras River in Camargo, with two SD40-3s sporting SD45 carbodies.

After a crew swap in Chicago, CSXs office car special high-tails south, seen here ripping through Cedar Lake on some former Monon trackage.

CSXs hottest train on the system rockets through Walkerton with its eye grabbing B&O inspired office car special.

With the spring sun beaming down on Chicagoland, BNSFs Joliet Local crawls by UD Tower in downtown Joliet, with a trio of older schemed locomotives. Santa Fe up front, Burlington Northern in the m... (more)

On a windy chilly afternoon, an engine quite familiar with this line, an IC SD70, rumbles west by the IC era R2 trilight signal outside Plato Center. With these older signals being wiped off the m... (more)

On a clear night, CNs L545 “Oil Local” flies through Lemont with a pair of GTW GP38-2s.

Nelson remains as the last town in west of Proviso with CNW searchlight signals still active. And with replacements laying all over town, the future for these historic signals is very grim. Noneth... (more)

Something not seen in the modern railroading era, that being a physical train order rolling handoff, occurred on the evening of April 11th. CNs former EJ&E “JB” Tower in West Chicago, IL, is o... (more)

After a 3 hour setback in Ottumwa, a combined Ballast train cruises over the Iowa River between Columbus Jct. & Fredonia with a 5 pack of standard cabs. These guys would then drop the leader in Na... (more)

In the vast sea of clouds, a small pocket of sun presents itself as a former Santa Fe dash 9 leads the 457 job towards the BRC, seen here ducking under Yackley Ave in Lisle.