A pair of matching CITX-leas EMD SD60s lead a 100-car coal train north through Eleanor, W.Va., on Watco's Kanawha River Railroad.

Panning an AC, 2949, as they head through the snow at Passekeag, New Brunswick.

A Burlington Northern local freight powered by two SD9s flies along U.S. Highway 2 east of Floodwood, Minnesota, on a sunny October 19, 1985. They sounded good too!

Amtrak E60CP 957 hustles a Washington-bound corridor train through the station at North Elizabeth, NJ. The E60s were only moderately successful from a design standpoint, but I always thought that ... (more)

Once part of the double track Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (Rock Island) mainline between the Quad Cities and Kansas City, the Canadian Pacific Ottumwa subdivision doesn't present half as much... (more)

It must have really been something to pace the world's largest diesel locomotive. By this time period all the high speed 8000 series SD40-2 locomotives have been returned to their normal gearing a... (more)

The day before Thanksgiving is almost over for the Pickens crew. They head north through the Greenville and Western interchange yard after dropping one ethanol car from NS in Anderson.

Southern 4501 heads back towards Chattanooga with the Summerville Steam Special.

Morning Highball!

Everett Railroad's 2-6-0 Mogul No. 11 has the highball and accelerates through the town of Hollidaysburg, PA with a morning commuter train bound for Roaring Sprin... (more)

An ancient Mollie at full gallop. In the last days of steam operation on the Norfolk & Western's Abingdon Branch, a fellow named Joe McNew was the regular Engineer on the daily run to West... (more)

Panning an ES44AC, CN 2968, as they approach Apohaqui, New Brunswick on a sunny Fall afternoon.

With things working as usual in the Piedmont, 338 sat in Rock Hill for nearly three hours before finally making a move toward Charlotte. With dusk rapidly approaching, my options for a decently li... (more)

Racing thru the Cove

Everett 11 races down the Cove Secondary towards Martinsburg, going as fast as her diminutive drivers will carry her. Or...not. Pans do wonders for creating illu... (more)

A hot intermodal train with UPS trailers wastes no time racing north through Folkston, Georgia. 1/40th pan photo.

SR 4501 regain it's footing on wet rails as it bring the nine car Autumn Leaf Special. up to the summit of Missionary Ridge through the now dying kudzu valley of Fairview, GA on it's... (more)