With a long train in tow, CSX manifest Q561 is down to a crawl as it climbs the hill in Batavia, New York and passes the signals at milepost 400.4.

After the conductor cleaned out the switches, the Rochester & Southern's RS-1 eases across the connecting track between the R&S Main Line and the NS Southern Tier with a long train of interchange ... (more)

A pair of CN Dash 8's round the bend as they roll through the junction in Iron Junction, Minnesota with a raw ore train in tow, shuttling between the Thunderbird Mine and Fairlane Taconite Plant.

The Buffalo & Pittsburgh's WAER throttles up the grade as it departs from Erie, Pennsylvania behind a trio of GP's, led by the well worn straight GP38 2002.

The Buffalo & Pittsburgh's SIRI eases to a stop at the Foster Brook Plant outside of Bradford, Pennsylvania to drop off the conductor and do their work here. A dusting a fresh snow sticks to the g... (more)

A trio of C40-8's are hard at work as they lead loaded taconite train U789, rolling through Aurora, Minnesota and heading towards Two Harbors.

Amtrak Empire Service train 284 slows as it approaches the Rochester, New York Station, crossing the Genesee River at the top of High Falls in the early morning sun.

A pair of former NS EMD's power the New York, Susquehanna & Western's CL-1 as it makes its way south from Syracuse in Ontavia, New York. The tracks are high above the valley of Butternut Creek, cl... (more)

With a solo GE B39-8E on the point, the Minnesota Commercial's Belt Job rolls south past a frozen pond as it approaches the junction in St. Anthony, Minnesota. The job is bringing cars from New Br... (more)

A quartet of EMD's on the Rochester & Southern's RS-1 shove their train of interchange cars down the siding at Silver Springs, New York on the NS Southern Tier Line where they will leave the cars.... (more)

A pair of Kansas City Southern locomotives lead loaded military train W810 over CSX through Fairport, New York and head towards Fort Drum in Watertown. The train is currently on the West Shore Sub... (more)

The last few minutes of golden hour sun shines on a trio of C40-8's as they slow empty ore train U790 to cross the diamond in Ramshaw, Minnesota and head towards Minntac for another load or pellet... (more)

North Shore Mining SD28-3 1234 pulls a cut of loaded ore cars alongside the dumper for unloading at the processing plant in Silver Bay, Minnesota on a cold January morning.

A pair of GE Dash 7's roll underneath the I-35W overpass as the Minnesota Commercial's Hugo Job switches out cars on the siding alongside the Pacal Business Center in Lauderdale, Minnesota.

Canadian Pacific train 251 idles in the early morning hours outside the old depot in Jackman, Maine, awaiting its recrew in the morning. CMQ SD40-2F 9020 is the point of a five pack of EMD's inclu... (more)