A short four-car coal train heads up Quarry Road towards Black Mountain Quarry. While this area is known as Bell Mountain, Bell Mountain is to our left and behind the camera. That is Oro Grande Mo... (more)

Skid marks on the street often tell a story, but I think rarely quite as dramatically as they do here at the grade crossing where a former Union Pacific SD60, now owned by CEMEX and used on their ... (more)

A Soo Line freight behind a pair of year-old SD60s has arrived at the Milwaukee yard and it's time for the crew to book off.

CP 288 heads east passing the Metra depot at Deerfield with a CP SD60 leading a pair of UP SD40N’s.

CN SD60 5462 leads CN M371 south through Monee.

A late L517 makes its way out of New Richmond after being recrewed by the L506 transfer crew at Wheeler.

Conrail 6847 East is blowing for the rural grade crossing at Warrior Ridge, PA on a bluebird summer morning. The classic signal bridge lasted until the NS years and was the second set of signals w... (more)

CN 5457 leads its local, entirely consisting of log loads, through Ladysmith after taking time to stop the train and turn the locomotive so the crew would have it short hood front. Fortunately Lad... (more)

CN SD60 no. 5457 has wyed and backs up the main to its train. It rolls by "Old Smoky", a Soo Line Mikado, no. 1011, which has been on display at Ladysmith since its retirement. Sister en... (more)

CN SD60 no. 5457 handling a local train of logs left the train north of downtown Ladysmith in order to run the locomotive around the wye tracks and set it up short hood front for the remainder of ... (more)

NYS&W WS1 has the SU99 road power in tow as it passes the former Federal Paper Board plant. Note the lack of a NYS&W logo on the nose of the 3810.

CN L520 heads back east towards South Bend, and eventually Battle Creek, with a solo snow covered SD60.

CN 5423 has backed into the yard to connect the 1st string of freight cars. In total this eastbound train will load up two more times before departing.

CN 5423 is slowing moving forward over 35W after connecting its 2 of 3 strings of freight cars from the New Brighton yard.

In less than three years, the locomotive and the unit rock train in this photo have been purged from the Norfolk Southern system. A former Southern unit is one home rails as it disturbs a flock o... (more)