It’s a rainy day at Montana Rail Link’s Helena Roundhouse, as MRL Machinist Kevin Leonard takes a call as he reflects on what these new EMD locomotives will mean to his job after changing the ... (more)

NS 310 over the Genesee Arch with the Northern Lights

Grounded! These units were embargoed while everybody decided the safety modifications needed to make them compliant with local regulations. Not carried on the Railpower catalog, the "DF&quo... (more)

Kicking off National Train Day 2024 at 0100, southbound iron ore loads wait for a northbound empty as they cross paths at Biwabik under some impressive aurora borealis taking place in the sky abov... (more)

Under the northern lights… Running south on the heels of Amtrak, Michael Hunt and Travis Elliot interrupt the silence of the night on 27A, as the aurora borealis fills the night sky with shad... (more)

The Black And White Street Era In Morrisville. On Sunday, May 6, 2018, Norfolk Southern GP38-2 5640 (née-PC 7939, EMD, GP38, 4/1971) leads Conrail Shared Assets job YPMOR-1 north up South ... (more)

Two SD33ECO's and their slug mates work a cut of cars at Inman Yard

Southern Railway train number 46, The Tennessean, is led by ALCO DL-109 6401 as it leans into the curve at Johnson City Tennessee in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The daily run has pulled up for a new crew on the south leg of the wye and will soon join NS's former C of G line for the run south to Allbenny (AKA Albany) where C of G used to deliver beautiful ... (more)

New to NS , D9-44CW # 3926.

This Indiana Southern coal train is about to finish loading a coal at the Bear Run Mine. This mine is located outside of Dugger on the INRD. According to the web, the mine produced 6.7 million ton... (more)

Uncoupled B-unit is hard to catch. This one has special significance. A former Clinchfield unit, one of the last 4 on that road and something of a celebrity for having been part of the many excu... (more)

At West Portal, N.J.on December 21, 1969 the NE1 holds down the westbound mainline as it snakes through the S curve behind LV snowbird 626 and yellow jacket C420 412 after exiting the Musconet... (more)

Just 1 hour 42 minutes late (believe it or not, that’s not too bad for Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief), Amtrak P42DCs 161 (dressed in the carrier's original paint scheme for thei... (more)

Again....getting more than two units on the head end of a mainline CPKC train is a bit of a coup.