A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, crosses the Illinois River at Beardstown. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interc... (more)
A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, passes some old elevators at Hagener. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interchang... (more)
Brand spankin' new ACe holding the siding. The engineer was super nice, ... came down and talked to us.
Since hiring out over here, I'd been trying to get a shot of these surviving Santa Fe searchlights on the west end of the yard in Wellington on the Transcon. After our long deadhead down to the A... (more)
Birds of a feather have flocked together as sea gulls have congregated on a boat dock at Carlyle Lake while BNSF 8756 is the DPU on a westbound pipe train.
BNSF 8756 roar's into Chadwick, IL with a eastbound manifest in between work window's. 9-22-16
During the Conrail years I would usually take the time to scout out a shot or new angle but these days I have gotten much lazier in the hobby. A day before my birthday on a stellar, blue dome Sa... (more)
A Philly oil with a modern BNSF/CN mix rumbles over the frozen creek on a stellar, blue dome morning.
New ACE in DPU mode about to enter BNSF DFW sub at Forest Avenue.
Brand new Made in Mexico ACE DPU on a loaded TXU coal.