It's a soggy gloomy day to be trackside but I could hardly care as I chased this epic pure EMD quartet making magic noises over the old Boston Line through the Taconic Hills of Columbia County. ... (more)
Conrail SD60I 5599 is westbound waiting to get across the Calumet River draw bridge on the far southeast side of Chicago Mar 1997.
After crossing over South Chickamauga Creek, CSX Q581-22 (Nashville,TN-Atlanta,GA) thunders around the curve in the driving rain about to knock down the Tyner signal (MP WA-129.0 Tyner Holdout) on... (more)
An Ex Conrail SD60I & SD80MAC and a GE Rebuilt AC unit tackle the grade through Lilly with a heavy 12G in tow, the leader has a solid RS3L.
Q394 approaches the highway crossing at Keystone, Pa.
The morning mist is still burning off on a Sunday morning as Conrail's PIAL ( Conway-Allentown) behind a pair of “Altoona builts” comes whistling through Huntingdon, PA with 135 cars in rapid ... (more)
NS 6759 leads the NS run-through grain train on the IAIS, nearing the Silvis yard.
NS 6752 leads a empty oil train around the Bennington Curve.
Eastbound 10G appears to have ample head end power as it rolls through Wegley, Pa. after a late winter snow storm. The lead locomotive was originally Conrail 5578.
NS 6804 and 180-15 roll east towards LM Cabin and downtown Columbus.
Southbound Ridge train First since the the shutdown.
Train is a empty coal hopper train.
NS SD60I 6726 leads a intermodal west through Hammond, about to enter Colehour yard.
Westbound stacks grind upgrade at Mance.
Conrail Quality NS 6732, formerly Conrail 5602, leads PP&L empty hoppers westbound through North Irwin.