A loaded grain train has ease up as they get the train setup to start down the mountain towards Altoona. Here the train passes thru the control point at AR. The train has 2 SD40E's helping get his... (more)

Westbound 37T is passing thru the small town of Addison right as the sun disappears over the hillside. This train is running on the NS southern Tier in Southern New York. The line runs from Bingha... (more)

Westbound oil train drops down grade out of Gallitzan. The train passes under one of the many classic Pennsy signals that still littered all over the Pittsburgh Line.

An empty coal train drifts down grade as they past classic Pennsy signals located at Portage. This train is running from Hyco Lake, NC, back to the mine at Shire Oaks, PA.

a 4 pack of SD40E's shove on the back on this loaded oil train. The train has slowed down to get the headend and helpers setup for the trip down the mountain thru Horseshoe Curve and into Altoona.... (more)

Eastbound freight train blast thru the small town of Waterloo as the sun creeps over the horizon. Signal replacement is in full swing here along the busy Chicago Line. Replacing alot of the older ... (more)

An empty vehicle train passes under the classic B&O signal bridge at the old Wayne Yard north of Cincinnati. Possible work in this area might spell the end of this classic bridge soon? This is the... (more)

An empty ethanol train bound for the Iowa Interstate at Silvis, IL, passes under the classic B&O signal bridge at the old Wayne Yard north of Cincinnati. Possible work in this area might spell the... (more)

The BNSF and UP have dumped alot of their older power the past couple years. Other railroads were quick to pickup this older power to help their locomotive shortages. Here an ex-UP SD90 is getting... (more)

A loaded ethanol train dips thru the sag near the detector at MP257. This train was loaded at Marcus, IA, and bound for points east via interchange to the CSXT at Chicago, IL. Eastbounds in the mo... (more)

The East Minneapolis, MN, to Chicago, IL, Z-train drags along with only 1 of the 2 NS units running as they climb a grade west of North Lake. The train is about 15 miles west of Butler Yard in Mil... (more)

A 474 train out of St. Paul turned into a 2nd B39 out of Marquette for the run to Mason City. The train had 75 cars of loaded oats bound for Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids via the Iowa Northern. This... (more)

A 474 train out of St. Paul turned into a 2nd B39 out of Marquette for the run to Mason City. The train had 75 cars of loaded oats bound for Quaker Oats in Cedar Rapids via the Iowa Northern. This... (more)

The daily Kirk Yard to Waterloo manifest train is pulling the 12 mile grade out of the Mississippi River Valley west of Dubuque. Here the train passes a nice farmstead near MP 194, made famous by ... (more)

A pair of NS units and the CN 5291 power M338 out of Waterloo to Kirk Yard, IN. Here the trains races east as the sun sets 18 miles east of Waterloo. The train si about to pass over the 257 detect... (more)