#4014 cruises through the famous Blue Island Junction, crossing the diamonds with the former Grand Trunk Western. This was a popular location for the photographers today and railroad police office... (more)

The Western Pacific heritage unit runs light eastbound to Portola to join the Big Boy event after being pressed into service to assist a freight train the prior day.

I was on my way to Phippsburg and Craig, CO to work vacation vacancies as a D&RGW agent/operator and stopped at Orestod, CO. A coal train down from Phippsburg joins the mainline along the banks of... (more)

An empty NS coal train passes the Mammoth Coal Company loadout on its way for loading at Quincy

Two steam era relics meet in DeKalb as UP Big Boy 4014 leads the Heartland of America tour train East under the CNW era coal chute.

On Sunday September 8th, the Whippany Railway Museum commemorated the 40th Anniversary, of the last run of the Lackawanna Electrics. After the final excursion of the day, a banner was held in fron... (more)

611 heads north with an ex Conrail C40-8W leading.

The Big Boy departs Watseka after making its scheduled service stop. Watseka's population is a little over 5,000. That number easily quadrupled today with the arrival of the Union Pacific's living... (more)

Interesting night photo session at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum includes SR #4501 dressed as GM&O #4382. Also included is recently repainted B&O business car #98 and a vintage 1948 Ford F3 tru... (more)

Near the location of Dailey, IL, the Big Boy rolls south thru the fields of corn and beans towards its resting point of Villa Grove. The nice evening light was a great perk of this chase, usually ... (more)

As evidenced by the massive amount of ties in the background, one thing is for sure. A big project is in the works for the BRC around 14th Street. The North Outside Industry job is in the process ... (more)

Amtrak Train 4, the Southwest Chief, is making its way through the mountains of Raton, New Mexico, heading east towards Chicago. The train winds through the terrain, offering passengers a scenic r... (more)

A dual mode LIRR set is done with its morning duties and heads for the yard, through the myriad of switch points by Jay Tower at Jamaica Station.

METX 514 leads an outbound train through Elmwood Park during the evening rush.

Big Boy heads west at Williams Loop.