I get the trains back in the 90s weren't the 700 car monsters they are today, but crazy that they would throw 2 SD38's on at Galesburg and run a decent size train it to Northtown with no issues. T... (more)

A pair of GATX MP15DCs sit in Santa Fe's Fallbrook Junction Yard. These two locomotives were built in December 1974 as Reading Company 2771 and 2772, which became Conrail 9621 and 9622 in that 19... (more)

An RJ Corman local cuts between old and new buildings as it heads back towards the yard in Lexington, Kentucky after switching out the Standlee Hay Company. A GATC GP38-2 and an ex CSX GP15 lead t... (more)

A former CRI&P GP7 rests in the Port of Shreveport on the morning of November 28th, 2022

Burlington Northern local freight 11451 rolls smartly through Highlands, Illinois, powered by a pair of leased former Reserve Mining EMD SD38-2s on a sunny March 15, 1992.

Motors leased to work on the Brightline segment to Orlando. They rest on new track which leads through a tunnel under 528 and heads westward however only 1/2 mile of rail is laid so far.

Timing is everything. As a pair of GMTX SW1500's unload coal cars at the KCBX Terminal, the Alpena makes a timely appearance as she navigates her way through the Calumet River, bound for the LaFar... (more)

It is really hard to believe that this was enough power for a freight train along the Aurora Sub. Now days to find any train under 8,000 horse probably not too common, but back in 1997 a measly 4,... (more)

Birthday Shenanigans: A fan-favorite for railfans in Vermont, the Saturday edition of VRS train 263 brings a string of loaded limestone slurry cars for Pan Am Railways from Rutland to Bellows Fall... (more)

CN 536 with GMTX 2293 and CN 4141 is light towards Coteau on CN's Valleyfield Sub as it does some switching.

Light power for NYS&W SU99 is about to be added to a waiting train by a local crew. Later in the afternoon a road crew will take the train west to Binghamton, NY.

The conductor of 86 looks down on the Potomac River as the Winchester and Western train crosses high overhead from WV into MD. He told me earlier he always looks for turtles in the clear water bel... (more)

Farmrail power consisting of a leased GMTX GP15 and GNBC GP38 stands at Elk City, Oklahoma after arriving from Weatherford and switching frac sand hoppers.

GMTX 127 waits for the next assignment at Nucor's large Memphis Facility.

The New York, Susquehanna & Western road train has arrived with borrowed power and the local crew will bring the train to CSX. Locomotives on the road train: GMTX 9000, NYSW 3808, NYSW 3810 and C... (more)