An empty ethanol out of Kenwood Yard in Albany, NY is rolling NB for Montreal and points west. The power will be turned on the wye at CPF-478 so the CP unit will be in the lead in Canada. A DM&E l... (more)

This reminds me of the good old days of rented units when you could see just about any paint job pulling a train. This set of engines is hauling ethanol tankers. The four engines consist of the I... (more)

As CN SD60F makes a rare appearance on the Garrett Sub as a leader on an eastbound ethanol train at West Standley, East of Defiance, Ohio. You can see me taking this shot along with my completely... (more)

This one's for the power nuts. A Warbonnet SD75M + the infamous "Barfbonnet" 70MAC BNSF 9647 lead an empty ethanol train west across Ohio.

Rolling along the frozen Lake Champlain at Port Henry, the CPR ethanol loads, 666-801, are making time through a famous D&H location with SOO 6034 leading a trio of matched ICE SD40-2s, 6215, 6457... (more)

CSX loaded ethanol train with CITX and ICE power past Brunswick enroute to the Old Main Line. The pair for foreign visitor SD40-2s would wait quite a while at Doub for a helper to push them east.

Eastbound ethanol loads, led by run-through power off the CP, pass the last remnants of fall color in this area. For a view of this train taken at the opposite end of the River Sub, see image more)

The "Bomb" crosses the bridge in Johnstown with some interesting power including DME 6072, ICE 6421, and CP 5833. The unit ethanol train will pick up a helper at Conemaugh to assist the 10,400 ton... (more)

With a CITX/ICE/CSX lashup leading yet another ethanol train heads east through Deshler.

An ICE SD40-2 and a pair of DME SD40-3's lead eastbound unit ethanol train K632 across Marcy Trestle, soaring high above the Cuyahoga River.

With an upturn in the economy, leasers are slowly making a comeback, mainly on NS. However, many CSX ethanol trains now feature power from CITX almost daily, along with DME and ICE power.

On a scorching hot day, I set out in search of ICE power on K639, which has been a constant on ethanol trains on CSX to and from the CP lately. Today, an unusual pure lashup of 5 SD40 variants chu... (more)

A DME SD40-2 and a DME SD40-3 along with a CSX widecab Dash 8 provide the power for this ethanol train as it runs on the recently built shoofly at MP 16. The track in the foreground is part of th... (more)

On a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, three IC&E SD40s lead an empty ethanol train west through the small community of Hamler. Be sure to stop by towards the end of July for Summerfest, Hamler's German... (more)

A pair of SD40-2's, one hailing from the Iowa Chicago & Eastern, lead an empty ethanol train west on a beautiful afternoon in the Corn City.