Coming off the CN Iron Range sub and turning north at Iron Jct. for the rest of the trip up to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant to load iron ore.

Time to get going as the engineer ramps up the speed.

The southbound Alaska Railroad Denali Star rolls through Anderson Alaska on its trip down to Anchorage Alaska.

The southbound Alaska Railroad Denali Star rounds the curve as it skirts along the Nenana River passing under the Parks Highway in Healy Alaska.

An Alaska Railroad Budd RDC car sits at its final resting place for now at Whistle Hill in Soldotna Alaska after being retired by the Alaska Railroad a couple of years ago.

The latest retro beauty.

One of a dwindling handful of end cab switchers remaining on CSX's active roster pauses between switch moves on a Raleigh-based local.

Steam on the beach

12025 Pune Secunderabad Shatabdi Express crusing over the long Bhima river bridge near Bhigwan under beautiful morning light

Southbound R20 led by AC44i #9912 crossing the new bridge built in Km 208.

The NS Reading heritage unit leads 33K west as rolls past the New Albany amphitheater.

Former Denver, Rio Grande Western Railway GP35 3044 in 2024. No time traveling DeLorean needed.

NCDOT's US Open Special heads northbound over the Haw River on the way from Pinehurst to Raleigh. The track is the former Seaboard Air Line main.

An unusual spin of the somewhat common GE-LNG-EMD sets roaming the rails lately. Not sure what led to this leading, more likely to catch something like this on the Unit Train at City Point, but h... (more)

Sunday morning's 202 is usually a mix of power to balance the lack of northbounds over the weekend and this time of year is a better northbound shot across the marsh.