It’s been nearly a year since the last time A746 was captured parked overnight on the Cusseta siding with only the road number on the l... (more)

The solo power that brought W987 and its special High & Wide load idles away the night this evening on the CSX-NS transfer tracks in Op... (more)

A colorful lash up of GE locomotives pull today's Q514 and its 152 freight cars through the recently activated signals at Lafayette Connection. The 9400 foot train will traverse Lineville sub tod... (more)

Using the balloon track on the western side of UP's East Yard, a mixed freight train goes about switching cars on a sunny afternoon in the "Drive-By City" as framed by the signal bridge for Tower ... (more)

A fast moving east bound intermodal train composed of domestic and international containers rolls through Tower 112 atop the west bound mainline. A ratty looking AC4400 provides pushing power as ... (more)

The XXB 117.2 signal has company now with the recent installation of a new Safetran color light signal just behind it. It'll still be a few months before the new Vader hood is officially cut in, ... (more)

On a clear Sunday morning, a pair of CSX locomotives round the curve in to Opelika pulling a lengthy 11,223 foot Q220 with comprised with 117 loaded and empty auto racks. Above the train is the n... (more)

War Eagle!!!!
The mid morning sun shines upon CSXT 727 and illuminates a lofty water tower in the background letting you know exactly where you are, "The Loveliest Village On The Plains... (more)

The contrasting colors between new and old wheels are easy to spot on any freight car, especially when you light them up at night. That's certainly true for this Conrad Yelvington hopper car whic... (more)

77 years ago in August of 1941, the DRGW 01416 rolled out of the Rio Grande’s Burnham shops in Denver and has spent its life riding behind trains of the famous Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad... (more)

Oh deer
Colorado wildlife is easily seen most anywhere in the Mile High state and today a deer tests its luck at the East End signals of the Cañon City siding. The big Union Pacific ... (more)

While many in the US were out getting a glimpse of the Great American Eclipse, I got cloud skunked when I tried to look at it while at work. To make up for that, I was treated to an unexpected so... (more)

Goodbye for now
It seemed like it would take forever for this train to finally leave Columbus after arriving there 7 hours earlier that afternoon. Any other train and I would have give... (more)

A 23 year old GE Dash9 standard cab locomotive is the leader of ballast train NS 96A which tonight finds itself tied down on the Royal City siding track. Seeing standard cab units on the NS syste... (more)

Intermodal train R105 makes a surprise run on the A&WP as it headed south from the Fairburn ramp towards New Orleans. This train would continue to run under the id of X105 along the Panhandle rou... (more)