The CSX Pemberville Sub across NW Ohio was the final holdout for Chesapeake & Ohio style signals in the entire state up until 2018. Most wayside block signals, with a few exceptions, were full sig... (more)

Fifteen miles from the border of Idaho, situated along the Clark Fork River, lies the small village of Noxon, Montana. Montana Rail Link's former Northern Pacific mainline passes through here and ... (more)

A pair of consecutively numbered IC SD70s lead the daily Gary, IN to Centrailia, IL train A408 south through the small village of Pesotum, IL on the former Illinois Central 'Main Line of Mid-Ameri... (more)

For many decades, the Borough of Lehighton, PA had long considered itself a railroad town. Founded in 1746 by the Moravian Brethren, the town saw significant growth with the arrival of the Lehigh ... (more)

A pair of Union Pacific GEs lead an eastbound loaded DODX train over Archer Hill on the east side of Cheyenne, Wyoming. This was the first train in a morning eastbound fleet out of town and provid... (more)

A smattering of BNSF yard engines are scattered throughout the south side of BNSF's expansive Galesburg Yard on a beautiful summer morning.

With the Missabe and Iron Range Subs pretty quiet this morning, I found two southbound trains lined up on the nearby Rainy Sub. I stumbled upon this tranquil spot along the Cloquet River south of ... (more)

In beautiful evening sunshine, Bessemer & Lake Erie 903 leads a CN SD40-2 and a C40-8 north with an empty ore train. A loaded train can be seen on the adjacent track awaiting a crew to take it sou... (more)

Summerhill, along NS's Pittsburgh Line, was known for having a unique signal configuration. Due to a sightline issue, eastbound signals on the 263 bridge were raised above the gantry to avoid bein... (more)

Infamous Nickel Plate Road 765 sits in the morning sunlight after completing the first half of the Tri-State Scenic Steam Excursion between Edon, OH and Hillsdale, MI on the Indiana Northeastern R... (more)

Westbound BNSF coal loads pass some rapids on the Clark Fork River along Montana Rail Link's Fourth Sub. This location is very close to where the recent derailment of a BNSF manifest occurred whic... (more)

A colorful array of Wheeling & Lake Erie locomotives bring train 228 east toward the small village of Smithville along the railroad's Brewster Sub on the hottest day of the 2018 Memorial Day weeke... (more)

A pair of CSX autorack trains, Q241 on the left and Q243 on the right, depart Walbridge Yard side by side. Both trains will make right turns once they reach Fostoria with Q243 following Q241. Even... (more)

A pair of Indiana Rail Road SD9043MACs pass an oil derrick in a field sprawling with spring flowers. The two locomotives are powering an eastbound train of freight from Palestine, IL to INRD's mai... (more)

A trio of Illinois Central SD70s lead a healthy A408 south through the small community of Ludlow, IL on CN's Chicago Sub, the former Illinois Central 'Mainline of Mid-America'. IC SD70s are the co... (more)