This consist is the result of 2 different KB&S trains combining at Darrow, IL. The front 2 locomotives brought a cut of 30 NS empty's back from Lafayette to deliver to Darrow via the old NKP line,... (more)
A more than impressive shelf cloud precludes normal switching activities as a severe thunderstorm rolls into Kansas City. There was at least a 60 MPH wind gust associated with this a few minutes ... (more)
The "Albany Hauler" approaches with RFRX 4202 and 4201 (Rick Franklin Corporation B23-7s) and a typical size train of logs, wood chips, lumber, and covered hoppers. The hills in the background are... (more)
Storm clouds brew to the northwest as an eastbound Cimarron Valley freight train begins its day at Satanta, KS on Sept. 15, 2014. Power is sister railroad, Southwestern B39-8 No. 8501 and two Cim... (more)
On a beautiful September morning, good friend Will Davis and I had a nice chase south with the Battenkill local to Eagle Bridge NY out of Greenwich Junction. Everything seemed to fall in place ... (more)
In a scene out of another time, the Battenkill local clatters out of Eagle Bridge for North Old State Road on a cloudy day as spring struggles to bloom in rural Washington County. The crew broug... (more)
BKRR RS-3 #605 (which is actually heading away in this view) trundles alongside Skellie Road on its way to the Cargill mill near Salem. Winter is one of the only times one can catch the Batten Ki... (more)
BKRR 4116 brings two empty fertilizer tank cars pass the station in downtown Cambridge, enroute to Eagle Bridge where it will tie up for the day.
'Extra 142' moves under the power of the Bel-Del's GP9 #1850 still in its Green Mountain livery. The bridge over the Bel-Del is the ex-Lehigh Valley E&N (Easton & Northern) Branch to Stockertown, ... (more)
The Erie Western was a short lived line that took over operations on a portion of the E-L mainline in Indiana that was not included in the Conrail system.
