Hot Coals. On another hot day in South Carolina, a long coal train heads down the CSX Eastover Sub destined for SCE&G's Wateree Station located near Eastover, SC. Wateree Station is part o... (more)

Beginning the assault on the summit of Donner Pass, westbound Union Pacific No. 2660 pulls stacks up the hill.

Todays daily operated train CSX Q238, has a rather wet excursion to Talladega, AL. The dense fog is beginning to dissipate as Tier 4 power brings autoracks north through Roanoke. Packing some hig... (more)

It's late in the evening along the former C&O as Q200 heads under the C&O signal bridge at E.E. Pemberville.

Probably the most peaceful spot on the Berkshire Sub, at .3 miles from the summit of the line, a very long Q264 has just come around the S curve at muddy pond and begins their trip down the hill c... (more)

UP 8215 leads an eastbound merchandise train near Emmett, KS

In the last rays of the sun, westbound Union Pacific No. 2719. rolls down the western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the Donner Pass Route.

CSXT 3352 and Q635-01 roll across the Scioto River and towards the diamond at LM Cabin.

UP double stack begins your trip by Union Pacific Yuma subdivision, going through the elevated Colton crossing over the BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision, immediately after leaving eastward from Wes... (more)

UP tank train (I do not know what is the load that transports) emerges from the underground section of ACTA Alameda Corridor - 10 miles Mid Corridor trench section, view from Artesia Blvd, city of... (more)

An empty coal train returning to the coal fields of Appalachia is seen trundling through Social Circle, Georgia along the Georgia Railroad's former Augusta to Atlanta mainline.

After dragging over Raccoon mountain the southbound Waycross bound CSX Q513-03 is coasting down the south-end of the grade heading straight for Chattanooga, TN. under permission of Wauhatchie Ya... (more)

Welcome to the Feather River Canyon. The Feather River Canyon is home to one of the most treacherous rail lines in the world. With steep cliffs and loose ground, rockslides are an ever-pres... (more)

According to the Union Pacific Railroad, "A grading crew of 30 to 40 men began work on California’s Bloomer Cut in February 1864, using primitive hand tools and blasting powder to remove 40,000 ... (more)

Irmo Coal. CSXT N320 heads through Irmo, SC carrying a load of coal to the Santee-Cooper generation facilities at Cross, SC