Norfolk Southern mixed freight train 131 is seen cruising along the long lakeshore of Lake Ponchatrain as they approach the Crescent City of New Orleans, Louisiana, just after sunrise on a beautif... (more)

CN G884 rolls south at the prescribed 25mph over the Manchac Pass drawbridge behind the Wisconsin Central Heritage Unit. The 3069 was one of 5 paint schemes from predecessor railroads that Canadia... (more)

Good friend and engineer Larry Smoak brings his empty G889 north over the IC Manchac Pass drawbridge late one warm spring evening. The lead BNSF AC4400 catches the very last of the golden rays of ... (more)

CN empty unit coke train U701 is seen cruising out over the Bonnet Carre Spillway just moments after sunset. A run through combination of a UP SD70Ace and a CSX ES44AH make up the power for this e... (more)

Battling some hazy/high clouds is the fully loaded KCS business train. The governor of Louisiana, CP CEO Keith Creel, KCS CEO Pat Ottensmeyer, Amtrak president Steven Gardner, and the head of the ... (more)

After a mostly cloudy day a small group of us gathered at the western end of the Kansas City Southern's Bonnet Carre Spillway bridge to shoot the outbound business train as they began their deadhe... (more)

When you begin meeting trains in New Orleans at one pm, and don't escape the confines of UP and CN at their various snared junctions, you tend to end up much later out of town than you thought. Su... (more)

KCS 1 and company look wonderful in the beautiful morning sunlight as they cross a small wooden trestle near Anacoco, Louisiana. The Business train is on day 3 of its multi-day trip to Laredo, Tex... (more)

The Kansas City Southern business train, BMESH-11 rolls westbound through Tallula, LA with the classic 'Belle' consist on April 11, complete with a wave from the Road Foreman ;-). The train carrie... (more)

A short transfer returns from CN Mays Yard, passing through the last CTC control point on it's way to Cotton Warehouse Yard.

The first section of a UP grain train heads through the second section of street running, on it's way to the end of the line at the CHS Myrtle Grove Grain Terminal.

The westbound Artesia to Shreveport freight rolls pass the siding at Gibsland. The train is 34 miles to the beginning of the Shreveport Terminal. Gibsland is a 9,466 foot siding at MP 127.2 on the... (more)