A Fairburn, GA to Bedford Park, IL intermodal rolls through the middle of the Nashville National Cemetery, formed after the Civil War, with over 4000 unknown burials... a stark reminder of how bad... (more)
They say luck is the convergence of opportunity & skill. In this case, I heard W003 shoving out of Kayne Ave Yard down the Bruceton Sub, then would take the 8th Avenue Wye north to Louisville. I... (more)
Not sure what happened with the power en route, but extra manifest W67 is running Southern RR style and looking good doing it. Even with locals & transfers, it's not common to have a long hood fo... (more)
I wasn't expecting to see any CSX traffic at Porter, but lucked into empty coal E80010 from Consumer's Energy JH Campbell Plant. I grew up seeing multiple Appalachian coal trains a day passing my... (more)
The less photographed west end of the Porter Remote, C.P. 483, sees CP empty ethanol 529-10 rolling under the permissive block signal on #1.
A run-through with power from both railroads, Elkhart-Proviso 39E will become MNSNP 07 once on Union Pacific.
The Final Spike Anniversary train rolls over Prairie Island, past the distinctive Soo Line signals at Blackbird East.
A Kansas City-St Paul manifest snakes up the Mississippi River with a now common post-takeover KCS leader.
An oddball set of power trundles through the Iowa Countryside. Locals have no idea how much this railroad provided a competitive advantage to agricultural shippers... and by proxy, their own crop... (more)
With the CN purchase now approved, I'm glad for this last trip to the Iowa Northern. The lead motor turned 50 this month, rolling out of London, ON with a build date of 05/74... and after a short... (more)
A CN local has finished working the Western Dubuque Biodiesel refinery in the background and heads west under stormy skies.
A freshly rebuilt SD70 looks good under the revitalized Chicago Skyline.
With their owner prominently displayed on the warehouse in the background, the TASD has shoved 48 gons of pig iron out of the Port and is preparing to drag them into West Yard for interchange with... (more)
A pair of Spongebox Squarecabs lead the Pascagoula-Kreole local turn across Biloxi Bay.
Mobile has a lot of dwarf signals, with 3 in this photo of New Orleans-Nashville M520 pulling into town.