New Haven painted P32AC-DM 228 leading Metro-North train 813 to Poughkeepsie.

BNSF 2749 (GP39E) sits at the Longmont Depot with the crew getting ready to head to the cement plant at Lyons, Colorado.

NS AC44C6M 4620 and Wells Fargo SD70MAC 8871 lead a loaded oil train upgrade on Track 3 at Lilly, PA. NS is reportedly starting to gather the Wells Fargo SD70MACs to return them to the lessor.

Photo by unknown. From my collection. Relco Leasing was the grandaddy of leasing with over 50 years in business. In general they specialized in small second-hand units. Most were painted in a ... (more)

BNSF 8529 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train through Keenesburg at sunrise.

EDMO roars around the Zoar curve with the usual 60E leader

Obviously a Monongahela Connecting alumnus this unit shuffled cars of coal going from the mainline railroads to barges. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

NS 954 aka the BNSF OCS returns from the Masters at Augusta.

Florida East Coast 148 rests on the point of its empty cane train at Miami Locks as a crop duster flies over the train and a nearby tractor.

CSX's Spirit of Law Enforcement 3194 leads M576 across the Ohio River as it nears Indiana. Technically since Kentucky claims the Ohio River to the Indiana shore I suppose its Louisville Kentucky h... (more)

A LIRC local job returns from their Dutch Yard in Jeffersonville.

NS 4601 leads a short tank train by New Albany.

Angling Into the Curve. During the nice morning sunshine, the FEC 148 huffs and puffs through the curve to put on a show for the charter.

The week of April 22nd is the last of the crossing rehabilitation in Riverhead. We see two separate work trains sitting in LD siding, awaiting crews to continue their work the rest of the week.

In the year 2014 the Sequatchie Valley Railroad was still living up the reputation of the shortline that you never know what might be on the roster. A fine example of that is this hidden gem in pl... (more)