Westbound CSX V691-30 passes under the C&O cantilever at East End Pauley on their way to Russell with an SD50-3 leader...this was about a 15 second sucker hole of sunlight as the whole trip was cl... (more)

CSX empty autorack train Q228 begins its trip north on the W&A behind a pair of EMD's

Crew has used control box to get signal to crossover C & I main to pull sand cars from the Mt. Morris branch. Local will run up the ill to serve sand plant west of Oregon.

On its first revenue move, a single SD50 has a 100+ car train eastbound on the B&OCT. Tom Golden photo.

Led by Chicago & North Western EMD SD50 No. 7020 and Union Pacific GE C40-8 No. 9201, an eastbound grain train works past a field of summer flowers between Rochelle and Creston, Illinois, on Augus... (more)

This group of Utah Ry. 6 axle units, led by an Australian built SD50, is rolling east on the ex. D&RGW main line through Helper, Utah. It is headed for the Castle Valley Spur a few miles further e... (more)

IR 5006, an HBR paint SD50, leads a cut of sand empties from Zearing southbound out of Ladd, IL.

UP in the UP
After Union Pacific merged Chicago & North Western, it only had the Upper Peninsula of Michigan ore line for a short time before Wisconsin Central, and later Canadian Natio... (more)

"Fast Freight Gas Stop"

Tom Golden photo.