Growing up in the Appalachians I thought you had to have hills to have coal mines. Southwest Indiana isn't like that. Mostly it's flat, much of it is wasteland, covered with half-grown timber, s... (more)

A loaded GRDX coal train climbs the hill.

Ottawa Valley Railway's train from North Bay (431) has arrived and after a power shuffle heads to the east end of the yard to build its return trip. OVR connects CPKC to the Ontario Northland haul... (more)

Shortly after sunrise, BNSF C-SCRMRBC0-45F has mid-train helpers cut in and they have begun their climb out of Helena towards Mullan Pass. Notable buildings of the Helena skyline can be seen in th... (more)

Livani peat railway

NS 15R crossing the Catawba River led by the Original NS Heritage Engine

B117 crossing the Catskill creek.

Midnight Blue And A Blue Sky (Redux). Amtrak 100 (P42DC, 50th Anniversary, Midnight Blue) is in a unique paint scheme that represents the "commitment of our employees moving people around t... (more)

Union Pacific Railway's shuttle that hauls rock from a quarry in Cabazon to a facility in Gardena (south of downtown Los Angeles), symboled R WCWCC 18 (because it technically originates and termin... (more)

Tampa offers a multitude of street running photo ops. While the popular one with freight is a luck of the draw, this one is 110% guaranteed. When in Ybor City, note the population of chickens th... (more)

Former SBB locomotive Bombardier TRAXX F140 AC2 Re 482 # 047, since february 2020 owned by the International Rolling Stock Investment AG, Frauenfeld, rented to BBL Logistik Gmbh, Hannover (new own... (more)

Coal empties roll west through Davy. Trailing unit is SD70 2519

The twice weekly Georgia Woodlands local heads south towards Barnett with a former Winchester and Western GP8 leading the way as they pass through the small community of Ficklin.

One of the great things about the Santa Fe was the potential for variety in a lash up. This afternoon westbound doesn't disappoint. Lead by a B40-8W, F45 5963, SD45-2 5853, FP45 96, GP39-2, and a ... (more)

The morning J train crosses over the bridge and Port Hope