A private varnish special heading from Boston to Mechanicville.

Conrad Yelvington's Sanford ops can either be serviced by CSXT or they can do it themselves, in terms of swapping empties for loads as this particular tangent is still CSXT, not CFRC, so they only... (more)

Every ten years or so, AARPCO charters some sort of "rare mileage" trip in Florida. For 2022, they chose the US Sugar operations which might seem new to many, based on my own observatio... (more)

Tucked away from the spotlights in Scranton is this gem of an operation with a very rich, noteworthy history that is often overlooked. 9880 is ex-CP 4040

Not sure what the future holds for this gem, which spent a lot of time riding the rails after restoration 10-12 years prior. In 2021, it was moved off the property for good.

The two repainted ex-FEC motors are dropping cars at Matco before heading back to Lake City. The crew had started out in Baldwin and had plenty of work to do before getting out here west of Lake ... (more)

#106, repainted at the beginning of April, at MP 723 with cars for Matco Industries. After the drop, they will run back to Lake City light. Some sort of issue has the Tallahassee swap only takin... (more)

LC-West isn't swapping with TA-East today, for some reason the Tallahassee crews are alternating days for a while, so they are working out of Live Oak with cars for Matco at MP 723. Both 104 & 10... (more)

LC-West isn't swapping with TA-East today, for some reason the Tallahassee crews are alternating days for a while, so they are working out of Live Oak with cars for Matco at MP 723. Both 104 & 10... (more)

Florida fall foliage is almost non-existent, but spring looks nice. Two of the four ex-FEC SD70M-2 have been very nicely repainted for the FGAR, but utilize FGA reporting marks. The operational ... (more)

Many of the "barns" spent their last CP revenue miles in Alberta in local service before going to the CMQ ops then....returning to CP! Didn't see that coming. 9022 was one of two to we... (more)

With temps hovering at 6 degrees Fahrenheit, there is an abundance of frost on the ground and on the coaches of the CN-IC Santa Train. This turned out to be the last year an IC E-Unit would be on... (more)

Ex-B&LE 727 has some of its original markings showing thru at Winslow (with sister 726). At one time, these were kept under lock & key on the Salem Branch, but were moved up here for disposition ... (more)

Pan Am visited White River Junction's "Glory Days" event and brought their finest.

Pan Am visited White River Junction's "Glory Days" event and brought their finest....there was discussion on how it would run back east & this is the consist they came up with. The Geep... (more)