The morning fog has just burned off as the Sweet Home Logger heads east on the former Southern Pacific Mill City Branch. The abandoned bridge in the foreground was once part of SP's branch from W... (more)
One of 3 of Kennecots unique GP39-2's that would stay at the plant site after railroad operations were sold off in 2002, I was dumbfounded to find it operating in 2019! Equipped with its recogniza... (more)
I’ll show You Mine If You Show Me Yours For a brief period, several Delaware & Hudson GP39-2’s ended up in service on Conrail, and a similar number of Conrail B23-7’s were w... (more)
WAMX 3932 and 4 rock hoppers deposit some fresh ballast along the W line in Balfour.
Three Twin Cities & Western Railroad units layover in Hopkins awaiting their next assignment. TC&W operates over this former Milwaukee Road mainline. The paved trail to the left used to be Minne... (more)
With 35 cars in tow for interchange with other railroads in St. Paul, the TC&W St. Paul turn heads east on a spring morning.
A Kansas City Terminal transfer weaves its way through the West Bottoms in Kansas City, Missouri on their North-South corridor with a pair of Geeps leading the way. Among the neat historical archi... (more)
After making a pickup from the NS LIRC 2303 leads its train back to the main and head back to Jeffersonville.
Delaware & Hudson GP39-2 7411 fronts a Boston & Maine GP38-2 and a B&M GP40-2 on B&M train MERU (Mechanicville, NY, to Rumford, ME), rolling through the commuter station at Lowell, MA.
With 35 buggies in tow, the St. Paul turn departs Hopkins on a sunny spring morning. The former Milwaukee Road depot still stands and remains in use for crew changes and MOW.
Train T73 heads west by the old depot site in near perfect light.
On a beautiful Easter afternoon in Hendersonville, a rare daylight run of the usual night job W44 switches the Kimberley-Clark facility after heavy rains in the area delayed the regular delivery o... (more)
A BNSF local drops a cut of cars off at the Mississippi Central interchange.
