GMTX 9041, formerly EMD 3, currently calls the Illinois Railway home. For the time being, it's in the hands of people who care a bit about the little details of the locomotive's past, and that's m... (more)

Ex Oakway SD60's on lease to NS bring train #322 past Parrot Ave on a hot summer afternoon

While Badger's attractive GP9 is in the shop for work, this leased former Conrail GP15-1 (1689) shoves empty hoppers towards the plant to be loaded with sand.

Their work on the east side of town completed, a switch crew heads back to UP's small UP Russellville yard. I think yard limits apply on this stretch, so they are allowed to amble along in sight ... (more)

An unidentified crewmember has the unenviable task of lugging his gear through more than a foot of fresh New Hampshire snowfall in order to get to the lead unit of his train.

GMTX 2277 Fresh out of the NREX Shops after some upgrades and fresh paint.

Three SD60's and one GP60 provide the power for this 19K as the long mixed freight gets back on the move at CP 54 on the Marion Branch. The lead unit, GMTX 9046, has since been purchased and repai... (more)

A UP local highballs west out of San Antonio with load of frac sand for use in the booming Eagle Ford shale.

A Chicago Short Line train rolls eastbound with empty coke cars and transfer caboose.

Could you imagine getting caught at a red light, waiting for it to turn green, and out of no where a train pops up and causes you even more of a delay? Well it happens here in Augusta, Georgia qui... (more)

Pan Am switcher PO-1 prepares to do some switching at Deering Junction with GMTX leaser #3005.

Using their leased GMTX GP38-2, the Chicago Short Line heads light through Hammond.

A couple of veteran units sit in the BNSF engine servicing yard in Denver

GMTX 2688 and other UP power sit at the entrance to the 36th Street Yard while workers continue to build the light rail line that will parallel the tracks.

Rare daylight coal loads for the South Shore leave CN trackage for home rails after picking their train up from the Belt Railway of Chicago. Now reduced to a home for signal personnel, the now-unu... (more)