A southbound sand train rolls through downtown Plainfield with a BC Rail canadian cab Dash 9 pointing the way.

Having grown up in the Albany, NY area, I have vivid memories of Conrail from the 1990s. Unfortunately, I was fairly young then and had not yet started doing railroad photography. I did start sh... (more)

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, I caught NS train D70 running into Argentine behind this great looking ex-BN SD60M, the BNSF 1455. This train is a transfer from NS' Avondale Yard, and this photo ... (more)

This regional manifest rolls south at last light with a venerable Dash-8 at the helm with a head end of mixed freight full of new Potash cars.

The BNSF Longmont Switch is seen heading north to perform switching duties at the BNSF North Yard.

EJ&E locomotive 660 leads a local freight on the not so frequently documented Addison branch along the CN Freeport Subdivision.

EJ&E 663 pulls out for headroom while a northbound waits to arrive Markham Yard and a southbound with NS power sits crewless.

A pair of EJ&E SD38-2's, the leader being orange and the trailer being repainted into CN, are in run 8 as they lead L514 on the approach to Ivanhoe.

Chevron 667 leads CN red 658 under Route 12 with the L514.

The CN was filled with nice lash-ups today. L517's air test is almost complete as the crew prepares to depart Markham, bound for Kirk Yard. A right at home IC SD70 leads the way, followed by a CN ... (more)

The sun was being quite helpful as IC SD70 1029 led the Q116 through Flossmoor. In charge of a hot stack train bound for the old GTW at Griffith and points east, this SD70 is right at home on its ... (more)

Soo Line on the Soo Line These two former Soo SD60's are in about run 5 as they shove this ballast train through the tipple at Dresser Trap Rock, Inc. Without a digital speedometer, the eng... (more)

The Boeing job finishes up the week with a ex-BN SD40-2, BNSF 1968. This nights train only had the fuselages. None of the skyboxes. The Boeing job pulls out these Boeing 737's from Spirit Aerosyst... (more)

Soo Line on the Soo Line: No your eyes do not deceive you, that is the actual grade of the track leading out of the tipple on the North side. By the time you are loading the last car, you a... (more)

A very unusual trip for the CNW 8646 on the BNSF Aurora sub, here it is seen in Polo going under what was the former Illinois Central.