The sun shines through on 211 illuminating the golden encore of birch and poplar at Boston Creek, warming the scene and providing a brief respite between the fast paced, rolling precipitation arri... (more)
CN 123 has a pair of SD75Is (CN 5650 & CN 5704) for the second time in under a week as it passes the skyline of downtown Montreal.
Beyond its isolated cab, the EMD SD75I is pretty much identical to a SD75M. The way to tell the difference between the two is by the vertical gap or seam over the nose that identifies it as an iso... (more)
Fall colours are at their peak
CN 5784 & CN 2548 lead CN 123 through Pointe-Claire.
The daily Waterloo to Ft. Dodge local setouts 2 cars in the house track at Ackley. The cars are bound for the Iowa River Railroad, but the job tomorrow will deliver them. This job normally works w... (more)
Pretty unusual for us to get any westbounds on the CN in the evening around the house. Lucky for us this Arthur empty ethanol train rolls across the hogbacks west of Independence in decent evening... (more)
The fall colors are super vibrant in the valleys in Northern New Brunswick. The Salmon River Trestle looks small from a distance, but it's a whopping 3,920 feet long. Doesn't appear that long from... (more)
CN 123 has a somewhat old school lashup (by 2022 standards) of SD75I CN 5784 & Dash9-44CW CN 2548 as it heads west on the North Track of the Kingston Sub.
There's colorful Fall foliage in the valley, with CN 122 crossing the valley on the Salmon River Trestle. One of my favorite spots to photograph while in Northern New Brunswick.
A set of early BNSF power leads an eastbound intermodal train upgrade through Bealville.
With a colorful backdrop, train 122 approaches the Folly Brook trestle, one of many along this stretch of track south of Grand Falls, New Brunswick.
A southbound CN intermodal drops down Steelton Hill in the early afternoon.
An afternoon manifest climbs the grade out of Duluth.
M 399 crosses the St. Joe River in South Bend. In the foreground is the Crooked Ewe Brewery. A great place to watch trains up close and enjoy the scenery.
