BNSF local 1570 South passes a Herzog welded rail train working at the north end of Gainesville siding. The local is heading Gainesville yard, whose north lead diverges from the main line a little... (more)

A Norfolk Southern high and wide train is parked at Oak Island's Garden Yard.

Sometimes, you get really lucky. After hearing that the PR-32 detour had 2 NS units, I almost gave up on finding the real target of the day on Saturday, July 22, 2017: Norfolk Southern Corp 1700. ... (more)

"Rerouted Port Reading Turn"

For the third weekend in a row Conrail YPPR-32 detoured via the Lehigh Line and Port Reading Secondary due to trackwork on the Garden State Secondary. NS 1700, the EL heritage unit, had been the ... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

1700 leads a rare rerouted PR-32 by Bound Brook heading for Oak Island.

Union Pacific's LJP45 "dirt train" local passes through Spring Glen, UT with a string of empties in tow. In a few moments the train will arrive back in the yard at Helper. Powering the... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe train holds at Cliff to meet an eastbound Southern Pacific train. While the Santa Fe trains climbed the grade without much visual fanfare, the SP locos were often smoke-belchi... (more)

Santa Fe 5815 East roars through the cut below the Loop. On the point is a recently repainted SD45-2.

Conrail Shared Assets PR32 is in Elizabeth, New Jersey on 6/4/2017 as we catch it with the Goethals Bridge in the background. Norfolk Southern Corp 1700 (SD45-2, Erie Lackawanna Railroad heritage)... (more)

An eastbound Conrail mixed freight train crosses the Schuylkill River at Reading, Pennsylvania on the Lebanon Valley line The train has work in the yard at Reading, or the dispatcher would have se... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe freight sails over Bridge 873.8 crossing Abo Arroyo east of Sais, New Mexico, on the morning of June 2, 1995. The train is powered by elephant-style EMDs—SD45-2 No. 5802, GP6... (more)

Stopped with engine trouble right after leaving Queensgate.

Engineer Welch has two former SP "GRIP" SD45's bracketing a former SSW SD40T-2 on a 47-car westbound empty "Scoot" train heading towards Coulee City. It was nice to hear a blue 20-645E3 in Run 8 ... (more)