Late in the day, a Cotton Belt Dash 8 leads a westbound UP intermodal train up the grade out of Benson. The train will reach the summit at Mescal.

A westbound BNSF manifest freight off of the Montana Rail Link rolls across the impressive bridge over Lake Pend Oreille and into East Algoma, Idaho, on BNSF busy line between Spokane and Sandpoin... (more)

Shortly after sunrise, a westbound intermodal train comes off the Needles Sub and skirts the old yard on its way to a crew change.

Providence & Worcester NR-2 heads South past Drawbridge Road en-route to Fairview Yard and the Shoreline. In the background, Mohegan Sun Casino can be seen. NR-2 had quite a lengthy train w... (more)

Two fast-moving BNSF trains converge on the railroad’s double-track transcon in Crozier Canyon, Ariz. The BNSF is only in its first year of existence, but the motive power is all Santa Fe.

Back when the Norfolk Southern operated the former Conrail B40-8 locomotives, the NS HC60 relief job from Croxton Yard holds at Ridgewood Station with the 4802 leading two GP38-2s and 66 cars from... (more)

Spring is here as more greenery is starting to become evident while A735 heads out of Birmingham bound for Talladega. Here is how de... (more)

Where there’s smoke…there’s a GE As the Talladega local A735 begins to depart the Magic City, its lead locomotive decides to do its best impression of a steam engine as it begins to fill t... (more)

A bit of a smokeshow is put on by this southbound UP.

Since the 4010 has ceased to function, 341 is down to two working units

CSX B40-8 5955 brings a local into the yard from the Lineville Sub at Manchester, GA while a unit coal train brings another train into the yard off of the Manchester Sub from Georgia.

A NYSW stack train crosses over the abandoned roadbed of the old D&H Penn Division. My husband told me this used to be a favorite place to railfan at many, many, years ago.

A702's power parked in the industrial park which it works.

Providence and Worcester train NR-2 passes between the Thames River and Goss Cove, with the USS Nautilus and Submarine Museum in the background. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

LMX 8578 leads southbound BN manifest train through Larkspur on Colorado's Joint Line