Mine Run R233 rolls around the bend at the foot of Burton Hill, while running alongside Ky Route 7 in the quiet community of Letcher, Kentucky. This train was recently loaded at Leatherwood and is... (more)

Columbia Basin 651 leads the Connell turn near Schlomer, WA on September 18, 2023 with 77 cars interchanged from the BNSF at Connell, WA. The line from Connell to Schlomer is 1% compensated which ... (more)

A pair of BNSF SD40-2s – 1773 (formerly BNSF 6958, originally ATSF 5213 … was it obvious?) and 1646 (ex-BNSF 6765, née-ATSF 5106) – idle in the Emporia Yard, awaiting their next call to dut... (more)

On a sunny Saturday morning in Dolton, the Bottle train slowly rolls east on the CSX Barr Subdivision, preparing to hop onto the IHB Main at the switch up ahead. The bottles are bound for Clevelan... (more)

CSXT 1 Leads P001 down the CSX Toledo Sub. CSXT Passing the North End of Botkins siding with B&O CPL signals still standing guard for now. Rumor has it the CPL's will be going out very soon.

CPKC 8868 Leads CSX Intermodal I1666 Eastbound at sunset , through Deshler Ohio. The train had a mid former KCS unit as a DPU.

The Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway is the highest crossing of the Alps by a railroad and is largely an open line. The highest station is Ospizio Bernina at 2253 meters above sea level. In he... (more)

Nee C & O rebuilt and derated to 2000 HP.

A patch of sunlight illuminates an empty coal train as the Portage de Sioux power plant provides a fitting background.

The second of back to back trains on the Lynndyl Sub. A rare sight these days. UP 5336 hauls a bare table around the big sweeper at the south end of Lakepoint.

Originally L&N (in this scheme), then SBD and now CSX with an odd touchup. Want to weather this one?

Eastbound Conrail intermodal traffic on the Chicago line.

A clean Grinstein Green SD70MAC leads a Stockton, California to Alliance, TX stack train across the Canyon Diablo Bridge on a sunny January day. It was sure nice to see something other than ano... (more)

Time to get some brush cutters out....with big consists like this on Sundays, the view space will be needed as we climb into the summer.

The California Zephyr 6 train was over 21 hours late getting into Denver after being held at Frazer, Colorado due to 98+ mph winds along the Colorado Front Range. Here we see the duel heritage ... (more)