214 struck a trailer loaded with yarn. Impact occurred just out of the frame to the right. Train crew shaken up but apparently not injured. Driver also OK. Driver ignored 4 signs advising him ... (more)

A westbound CP Rail coal train heads down the Thompson/Fraser Canyon just south of Spence's Bridge, BC. A SD40-2/Dash-9 combo leads, with an identical pair as mid-train helpers. The CN transcont... (more)

611 runs from the last rays of sunlight at control point Edna in Reidsville, NC. The sun is also about to set on the classic Southern cantilever mast, as the hoodies are in place and ready to ass... (more)

N312, coal loads for Cliffside, crosses the Catawba River and Lake James just north of the Marion siding on the Blue Ridge Sub. The distinctive outline of Shortoff Mountain is in the distance.

760, coal loads for Duke Energy at Belews Creek, NC, comes down the back stretch approaching turn 2 on the Winston-Salem District. Dale Jarrett won the race.

The Harrison local nears the end of the approximately weekly journey to the agribusiness in Harrison. Today's catch was 2 loads of fertilizer inbound and one empty outbound. It's hard to believe... (more)

The former Bessemer and Lake Erie SD9 rests at the original Hartwell Railroad's facility at Airline, GA. A long string of storage cars lies between here and the outside world.

Some of Great Walton's power rests at the shop in Social Circle.

The Belton Job calls it a day and heads for the shop, passing this hot dog establishment, which actually has quite good reviews on Google.

Greenville and Western pulls with 5 cars bound for the CSX interchange in Pelzer, 12 miles to the north. G&W positioned themselves in the clear, allowed Pickens to shove the outbound cars onto th... (more)

The track crew and a P78 crewmember are battling the elements as they try to get the crossover lined at Worley so P78 can go around 238 and take the catch of the day to Spartanburg.

Class engine 200 leads a consist that also includes Genesis class unit #800 into King Street Station in downtown Seattle. I just happened upon this scene and presumed the train to be the Empire B... (more)

Q693 winds its way to the summit just ahead at Altapass, passing one of the few on-line customers: the Quartz Corporation at the waypoint once known as Floatation.

Pickens has both the Anderson train and the Belton train heading south toward the industrial area at Gluck. CSX brought 30 cars to the Greenville and Western the night before, and Greenville and ... (more)