Six pairs of SD40-2/SD38-2 of remotely-controlled yard masters are working or idling at the east end of the west hump yard in North Platte.

An improbable catch ... driving home with the family along I-80, driving the speed limit (I'm sure), I look left into my blind spot to execute a safe lane change, and through the trees, just for a... (more)

Even though this engine facility looks huge, it is only a small corner of this massive train yard.

A beautifully-kept CB&Q caboose adorns the Two Brothers Roundhouse (fka Walter Payton's Roundhouse, fka CB&Q Roundhouse), a facility that is over 150 years old.

The Illinois Railway Museum's Sunday edition of the Nebraska Zephyr to Quincy departs Union Station.

The Illinois Railway Museum's Sunday edition of the Nebraska Zephyr to Quincy departs Union Station.

Sometimes, even after 41 years of railfanning, you see something you've never seen before.

New Year's Day in Houston was very quiet on the rail lines ... resting in a small (ex-KCS?) yard are two leasers, with Houston's skyline in the distance.

A pair of UP locomotives awaits clearance, while a colorful string of Case equipment rolls off the NS onto IHB rails, bound for Gibson Yard and beyond.

A rebuilt switcher, designated a TC10, switches on the south side of Chicago. See comments below for more details.

Rattling through the ArcelorMittal complex in Whiting/East Chicago, IN. Lots of detail to see here.

This is the first time I've seen a train (to memory) on the EJ&E branch wedged between the ultra-busy NS Chicago Line and the now satisfyingly active ArcelorMittal (ex Inland Steel) Plant tracks i... (more)