Southwest Portland Cement Company EMD SDP35 No. 411 is running long hood first with a train from Victorville, California, operating back to the quarry as it approaches Stoddard Wells Road on March... (more)

Rocks As Needed Etc. On the afternoon of Tuesday, August 30, 2022, Hanson Material Service EMD SW 900 MSC 49-5601 had 4 empty hoppers in tow as headed towards the Route 7 bridge in Lockport... (more)

Train 63Q waits for new train bulletins at the McCalla Yard Office to get on CSX trackage up the road in Birmingham.

Hanson Material Service is in the process of bringing 4 empties out of Rocks Etc on a sunny afternoon in Romeoville. Crossing the Des Plaines River, the crew will gain access to the "Bug Line" up ... (more)

A rock train headed east.

A pair of SD60s crawl down the Cranbrook subdivision with an empty ballast train in tow; it is destined for Swansea, roughly 80 or so miles south, where it will be refilled and sent back north.

Coming off the Missabe sub shoving limestone loads back into the United Taconite yard to spot and then pull empties and return to Proctor.

Train 63Q with one NS 9599 leading in the original scheme passes through McCalla, Alabama

A TBird mine shuttle with a BLE duo as power heads south on a nice spring morning with rock for the plant.

After dropping off a cut of empty rock hoppers at CSX Kaley Yard, Conrad Yelvington #2112 heads back to their plant to tie down for the day. After CSX drops off the loaded hoppers at Kaley Yard, t... (more)

After dropping off a cut of empty rock hoppers at CSX Kaley Yard, Conrad Yelvington #2112 heads back to their plant to tie down for the day. In the background are engines 292 and 224. 292 is an Al... (more)

train loaded with stones on the way to the city of Hinojo

train loaded with stones on the way to the city of Hinojo

The almost daily RS40 is seen heading eastbound at BETH interlocking where they will switch onto the central branch bound for their customer One World Recycling.

Conrad Yelvington's locally famous RS1 rests at their facility in the evening sunshine. Taken from public road. The Alco is used on an 'as needed" basis.