Showing its Baltimore & Ohio heritage, South Branch Valley S4 17 stands outside the engine house in Moorefield, West Virginia. Inside the house, a sister Alco has been fully rebranded.

The South Branch Valley switches the Pilgrims Pride feed mill in Moorefield, West Virginia.

An eastbound VIA train has made its station stop at Brockville, Ontario. It looks like the front of the train will continue to Ottawa, and the FPA4 on the siding will couple to cars left on the ma... (more)

Jimmy John’s First Thing in the Morning?

METRA has wrapped F40PH-3 148 in a black advertisement for the Jimmy John’s sandwich chain. I have seen it several times in the past few m... (more)

After dropping Ottawa coaches on the station siding, the Montreal section of the eastbound train accel... (more)

Over the years, I witnessed several different ways to split a train into Montreal and Ottawa sections when it arrived at Brockville, Ontario from Toronto. Here, the first three coaches are being s... (more)

The Union Pacific excursion consist rolls through the Laramie yard to get turned at the wye. The dome car is carrying the Rocky Mountain Railroad Club drumhead.

After backing clear of the Laramie yard leads, Union Pacific Challenger 3985 pulls its consist forward on the southernmost yard track to reach a wye to turn back toward Cheyenne. The structures in... (more)

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 is backing its consist for to wye the train at Laramie, Wyoming as an eastbound freight barrels through town. The lead SD40-2’s carry the slogans, “Fuel Conservation... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific train rolls past Challenger 3985 shortly after the excursion passengers have detrained at Laramie, Wyoming. Many of those passengers, including the photographer, are str... (more)

A Southern Railway U30B provides visual evidence of its movement as it switches cars in the yard at Monroe, Virginia.

A B23-7 drills the Southern Railway yard in Monroe, Virginia. The grass growing in the yard tracks is a good indicator that this yard’s future is in jeopardy. Today, a single-track main line and o... (more)

Southern Railway wrecker 903018 rests in the yard in Monroe, Virginia. This appears to be a classic Industrial Brownhoist crane that was given a new cab and machinery enclosure by the Southern.

Sailing high above the James River, a northbound Southern Railway piggyback train is stretched along the trestle over the James River in Lynchburg, Virginia. Southern’s GP50’s were the only ones t... (more)

Eastbound grain roars toward Maple Park, Illinois shortly after the sun has disappeared below the horizon.