After an afternoon of heavy rain blanketed the area, CSX E009-04, empties from Kanawha River Terminals in Ceredo head down the Logan Subdivision at the east end of Ranger siding, bound for the yar... (more)
With a extremely lucky sun gap, CSX L302 bypasses Lansing and heads straight to Grand Rapids Michigan at the signals at the East End of the former Sunfield siding.
A massive rebuilt MAC gains speed after leaving the siding at north Broughton with intermodal containers. It brings with it a total of 109 cars, some empty, and some stacked. CSXT #4760 was origi... (more)
As more MACs got delivered, the BNSF used them on longer ore trains that ran out of Minnesota's Iron Range. Here a trio of MACs roll down the Aurora Sub with ore bound for Granite City. The train ... (more)
The relatively new “ONE-CSX” unit leads a long manifest eastbound thru the town of Montgomery.
Back in 2021, I heard the KCS westbound freight out of St. Louis had been running afternoons west of Roodhouse. Well, that changed the week we showed up. On Wednesday a complete meltdown created a... (more)
A BNSF grain train waiting for departure from the CGB grain loop that is served by the NS on the Kankakee Line after loading earlier in the day. Once this train is crewed it will head to Streator ... (more)
A perfect sunny afternoon in Pittsburgh
You can still find an Executive MAC working The Switch in Longmont, Colorado.
On a sloppy and cold spring afternoon, CSX 4720, the One CSX unit, passes through Boughtonville on the B&O as it heads toward Willard for a crew change.
BNSF 9709 (SD70MAC) sits at the depot in Longmont, Colorado with two other light motors and another MAC.
Two surprises in one shot. First, the clouds opened up as soon as this train rounded the curve into downtown Opelika. Second, a rebuilt photogenic SD70MAC was leading this manifest train. This ... (more)
Empty Coal hoppers from West Baltimore make way on a reroute over the CSX water-level route.
BNSF 9716 (SD70MAC) runs past the Longmont Depot as it heads south on the Front Range Sub.
L619 creeps down the siding at Apex, where they'll pick up some cars off the D&S local to take to Hamlet.