I have to go a bit on memory here as my notes were simply the engine road numbers (I was probably too excited by events to write anything down), but the morning (or early afternoon) of January 28,... (more)

New units will leave soon to Mexico in primer paint

CraneMasters rescue CSX 6938. In March of 2025, CSX Local L100 struck a loaded coal haul truck in Friedens, PA and the lead engine, GP40 6938 derailed and came to rest in the yard of a neig... (more)

CSX L303-20 Eastbound over the Grand River in Grand Ledge Michigan with CSX 81 and 315 leading a long train w/ 156 cars and a beautiful sky

The California Zephyr has the Operation Lifesaver engine leading as it runs through flocked trees at Crescent, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

CBRY 202 leads an empty copper slag train up towards the smelter in Hayden. They will load up, run back down the branch, and pull through the dumper in a few hours

Starting the weekend after Thanksgiving and running through the weekend just before Christmas, Vermont Rail System Passenger Services trains covered a lot of ground in all areas of the state and n... (more)

Led by the Missouri Pacific heritage locomotive, a westbound 'grainifest' sails down grade through the heart of Palisade Canyon on the former eSPee mainline. Near the center of the photo is the 'f... (more)

Reading 2102 rests in Port Clinton shortly before blasting out of town with its passenger train on a gorgeous October morning.

DIRTY DIESELS DONE DIRT CHEAP! While Union Pacific's U50C was one of the least successful locomotives due to design flaws, like aluminum wiring, the UP did get quite a bit of use out of them. With... (more)

Leftovers from the Iowa Pacific bankruptcy are supposedly being offered at scrap prices. As of 9/2024 this equipment was still sitting in Alamosa Co. Now re-lettered as SDCX 9163, CALA 9163 is ex... (more)

Chilly Skyline. The temperatures were below freezing as Amtrak Train 237 rounded the curve near the station in Irvington, New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background, kicking up s... (more)

Along the banks of the Tuckasegee River, just west of Dillsboro, North Carolina, is the "crash site" where an Illinois Southern train collided with an Illinois Department of Corrections prisoner t... (more)

Watching from above at the Chamberlain Lake Rest Area as Westbound BNSF C44-9W no 4668 rolls through Tunnel No. 9 with its grain train strung along Chamberlain Lake.

INRD 9001 leads a loaded coal train out of Bear Run, passing the old Peabody drag line. The drag line was scrapped and the SD90's are stored nowadays. ETTS.