The classic Fostoria westbound shot, only in better light than usual. Long days in late June are great for this kind of sun, as this was shot at abount 8:30pm

Eastbound CSX leaves Willard in early morning light

Westbound DME freight, having just passed under I-90 at Wasta, rumbles past a decent prop in the form of an abandoned house.

Westbound DME freight, seen here approaching Wasta, SD. The Cheyenne River is evident to the south of the tracks

A westbound DME freight, led by a recently purchased former CP EMD, departs Wall for its slow journey to Rapid City, SD

Dakota Southern 506, seen here in the dead line east of the terminal, is painted to commemorate the centennial of the town of Oacoma, a town west of Chamberlain, on the other side of the Missuouri... (more)

The Dakota Southern's lone operating SD9 sits amidst the weeds of the engine terminal at Chamberlain. This line runs (infrequently) between Chamberlain and Mitchell, some 60 miles to the east on f... (more)

The power owned by the Progress Loadout in the town of Democrat, KY is seen here in silent repose, showing off its more than classy paint job.

A CSX coal train stops just inside the Democrat Block of the Elkhorn & Beaver Valley Sub, "meeting" the decrepit Alco switcher at the Democrat Mine.

An empty coal train trundles across a former Clinchfield bridge in the Breaks Interstate Park along the Kentucky-Virginia Border

A CSX coal train rounds one of the many curves on the former C&O line that parallels US route 23

A southbound Indiana Southern coal train slows as it nears the interchange with CP at Beehunter. The train will take CP tracks to Elnora, where it will get back on the ISRR to Evansville.

A BNSF stack train rounds the famous Tehachapi Loop

A BNSF stack train heads west from Tehachapi, about to tackle the loop

Southbound coaltrain rounding a mine facility just north of Helper