Union Pacific swings off the BNSF Railway’s Needles Sub and onto a short (seven-mile) section of the UP’s Los Angeles Subdivision to travel from Daggett to Yermo, California. UP’s 162-mile-long L... (more)

October 9, 2019, was an historic day as Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 became the first “Big Boy” steam locomotive to operative under steam over southern California’s Cajon Pass! The big engine (rece... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 rolls down the old Palmdale Cutoff (UP’s Mojave Subdivision) as UP train P-YRWC-09 heads to West Colton Yard from Yermo, California, on October 9, 2019. This location, ... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 became the first “Big Boy” steam locomotive to operative under steam over southern California’s Cajon Pass on October 9, 2019! The big engine (recently restored to oper... (more)

Heading west out of Victorville, California, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 meets an eastbound UP freight at Frost, the location of the Santa Fe’s “natural crossover.” This spot is where trains headi... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 rounds the curve at the southern end of Oro Grande, California, as it approaches a scheduled servicing stop in Victorville, just about five miles further. The UP “Big B... (more)

This will be the final time that Norfolk Southern Dash 9-44CW 9201 passes under the classic Pennsylvania Railroad position light signals in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, as those venerable old signals ... (more)

These old Pennsylvania Railroad position-light signals have served the Pennsylvania, Penn Central, Conrail and Norfolk Southern for over 80 years. Sadly, they will be taken out of service and rem... (more)

Just south of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, is the town of Leetsdale. Norfolk Southern train 10G has just departed Conway Yard and is heading east to Enola PA on September 21, 2019. NS ES44DC 7688 is ... (more)

Norfolk Southern’s Juniata Shops are rebuilding another aging Dash 9-44CW into an AC-powered AC44C6M locomotive (this one to be NS 4244, currentlu stripped down to the frame). Interestingly, alon... (more)

A westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train has begun its decent down the railroad’s West Slope of the Pittsburgh Line as it approaches Cresson, Pennsylvania, on September 18, 2019. A pair of D... (more)

Rolling downgrade into Cresson, Pennsylvania, is a Norfolk Southern intermodal train powered by ES44AC 8007 and SD70ACC 1806. This train is passing under fairly new signals, which replaced the an... (more)

A Norfolk Southern intermodal train is about to crest the summit of it's crossing of the Allegheny Mountains (at 2,167 feet [661 m] above sea level) as it passes through Gallitzin, Pennsylvania. ... (more)

Switching cars at Three Rivers Marine & Rail Terminals is SW1200 1255. This May 1955 EMD product was originally Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. 1255, then was sold to Severstal Wheeling, Inc. 125... (more)

Mon River, Wider Than a Mile, I'm Crossing You in Style, Some Day...
Mon River Industrial Group SW900 "Marla" was found in Allenport, Pennsylvania, on September 20, 2019. Thi... (more)