Coal drag with Conrail blue leader comes off the mountain and passes the still-manned Alto Tower.

UP 3530 is at one end of a string of power sitting at Watsonville Junction on a Saturday afternoon.

Originally numbered 8098 when delivered to UP in 1979 as a high speed (80 mph) SD40-2 with 88" hood this unit was renumbered in 1981 to 3607. Became a SD40-2R in 1999 and a remote controlled locom... (more)

The conductor use his light to signal that the loco set is ready to shove back.

This is a North Las Vegas local, tied down for the moment before begining work later in the day.

CN 411, the IC 6003 North crosses the CP diamond at Duplinville. Sanders on the 2nd unit are really "dumping"!

The conductor aboard CN 480 has the "Air Conditioning" on with the temps near 90 degrees as they prepare to pickup intermodal cars dropped off earlier in the morning by train 148.

This UP train coasts around the curve and downhill coming through St. Paul. Even though it doesn't look like it, the grade through here is quite steep and engineers needs to be rated high enough t... (more)

It's Friday the 13th and a black cat crosses my path in the form of IC 6005, leading CN #458 eastward on the old GTW. Yes, that is a caboose tucked in back there in the consist.

CN trains pass while crossing the 16th St. diamond.

Have they done an adequate job of indicating that this is IC Jct?? This IC train is crewed by BNSF and is actually heading down the Illinois & Midland mainline (the IC tracks head towards me). B... (more)

Built in February 1966 for the Gulf Mobile & Ohio, IC 6051 still polishes the rails. Being heavily rebuilt by the IC, this unit now sports no dynamics, Air Conditioning, a new IC standard 5 chime ... (more)

Normally I get ticked when a random car darts into my photos--but maybe this "oldster" is ok! The IC grain train is backing into a space on the TZPR double track just north of downtown Pekin. Tr... (more)

Loaded Unit Grain Train sits at Manchester waiting for a crew to take it east to East Dubuque, IL and the BNSF.

M336 cruises on south past the fading Deval tower with a pair of deathstars...