After hold at CP 173 for the K048 in the block ahead, the engineer grabs a refreshment as he gets things back under way.

The snow is now falling very heavily, nearly obstructing the view of NS 237, which is led by BNSF SD75I 8296 in warbonnet paint. The unit was picked up in Columbia, SC overnight, and it is now ass... (more)

ILXMN approaches Niland as its lead GEVO splits the soon-to-be-replaced SP searchlight block signals.

The early morning tranquility in Niland is broken by an eastbound Quality manifest, which is seen seen passing under the SP signal bridge in downtown. The second unit is an ex-WC/WP GP40 owned by ... (more)

After waiting for two northbound trains behind the signals at 11th Street, train 337 takes off for its journey south in Salisbury, North Carolina on February 9, 2014.

The last rays of daylight are captured here, as an eastbound stacker climbs Cima Hill in the middle of the Mojave Nationakl Preserve, at a blistering pace of 18mph.

A set of helpers head east back to the mountains at they pass under the PRR signal bridge at Larimer.

CN 382 with BNSF 6326 and CN 2514 on the point of a large train of multi levels for Mac Yard rolls through Bayview Junction.

A newer GE ES44AC unit is on the point of CN 421 as the train takes head room at Bayview.

A solo unit guides CN 394 into Bayview Junction.

A late arriving Q335 passes under the eastbound signal at Godfrey. The days are numbered on this old school C&O style signal bridge, as CSX continues it's signal replacements on the old Pere Marqu... (more)

NS 188 leans into the curve at Falls Mills, VA approaching Bluefield.

The Troy Grove local at moderate speed powers through deep snow at the border of Shabbona State Park. New snow and drifting had filled the cuts on the North-South line from De Kalb to Troy Grove.... (more)

QARG pauses in Port Clinton at the station while they are getting their paperwork for the trip southward to NS Reading Yard, the light son starts to fall!