southbound train on SKOL Cherryvale, KS

Rolling out of a cut past some nice fall color is Milwaukee Roads Channing -Green Bay freight. U23B 5003 is leading the way followed by GP9 310 and GP40 2042. From a railfan standpoint the best un... (more)

BN 5068,7248,9037,9253 roll empties toward the mines in the Powder River Basin near West Walker.

With the knowledge that Romulus tower was not long for this world, I stopped by one afternoon to record its presence before it "bit the dust." While I was there, I was treated to the passage of t... (more)

Soo 802, 2204C roll #912 into Trout Lake with 130 cars on beautiful fall morning. Soo U30C's were not real common on the East end of the system as they were quite unreliable. If a unit were to fai... (more)

A Richard Beal photo: Swinging across the TPW at Gilman, this ICG train heads southwest to the coal fields of Illinois

A BN freight with two SD40-2's, two B30-7A's, and an SP SD40T-2 haul a freight south towards Thermopolis. This is ex CB&Q between Denver and Laurel Montana. This stretch also includes the Wind Riv... (more)

His caboose just out of the siding at Bridger, this Smithers Lake empty is about to throttle up and start around the curve toward Orin Jct. and head up for another loadout.

The tri-weekly eastbound TP&W road train from Hoosierlift to East Peoria gets ready to hit the diamonds with the IC in downtown Gilman.

This train usually did not make it up this far this soon in the evening; this is the last shooting light of the day, and remember being a little surprised at this train being this far; must not ha... (more)

La Junta to Barstow train 448 passes the blades protecting the east switch of Model siding. In less than an hour this train will be tackling the grades of the famed Raton Pass.

The 534 was the fav train in the AM to chase north from Bellville. You started out at B'ville shooting the sulphur train, a loaded grain train usually, the remotes set out at Bellville from grain... (more)

Gotta be a spoiler in the rear of the otherwise all GE lashup, but at least it's a kodachrome.

NS 6642 + 6707 lead a 136 car manifest through Gilman IL on 1 October 2008