Holes in the clouds.

Amtrak’s Wild Side Wildlife congregate at the altar with us railfans.

“Susky Crossing”
Amtrak 155(7), a NYP-WAS Northeast Regional, led by ACS-64 AMTK 638, sprints [pun intended] across the “Susquehanna River Movable Bridge” into Havre de Grace, MD... (more)

A loaded BNSF coal train passes over a stopped UP manifest that is having issues with the lead unit.

Arranging Thanksgiving Meets. Sometimes Murphy's Law leaves you alone, and then there are the other times. On Thursday, November 24, 2022, while a very slightly early NJ TRANSIT Train 5525 ... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal load led by GE AC4400CW No. 7086 is in the siding at Rocky, Colorado, while above, UP’s West local traverses Rocky Spur on January 27, 1998. Power for the local i... (more)

A busy morning at horseshoe curve as the sun has just risen high enough to ignite the spectacular fall colors that were still hanging on this fall. In fortunate timing the head end of a manifest ... (more)

Meet me at the curve. Occasionally luck is on my side, although not often. However, looks like my early morning efforts were rewarded today as the head end of a mixed manifest slogs up the grade ... (more)

Harvest Season - An empty Coal train rolls Eastbound in Deshler Ohio at sunset , while the farmers work their fields

Light power to pull Lakehead pulls down the Hole Track while DMIR 408 and two sisters spot empties high above on Dock 6. The sun was out for a cumulative of 15 seconds in the few minutes I was on ... (more)

Revenue and Non-Revenue. Amtrak ACS-64 no. 663 (Siemens, 2012-2016) is seen racing through Rahway Station with a Keystone Service train in tow. In the background, GP38-3 no. 722 (EMD, 1... (more)

The AAPRCO excursion train, lead by Metra's C&NW heritage unit, is paced by IRM's C&NW 411 and the bilevel set as they cross Seemann Road.

The heart of rush hour is underway in Downtown Chicago while a UP-W line train departs Ogilvie Transportation Center above with F59PHI 82 while below a outbound MD-N line train departs Chicago Uni... (more)

Picture Perfect Two Metra trains meet near Ogilvie Transportation Center.

As BNSF Railway High Priority Merchandise train H-BARPAS7-18 passes through Kansas City on a long detour as it heads from Barstow CA to Pasco WA, we see Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe SD45-2 5704 on K... (more)