So Late, it Departed the Next Day

Amtrak train #3, the westbound Southwest Chief, arrived in Fullerton, California, at 11:52 PM on July 12, 2017 - just a little behind schedul... (more)

All stop at Hackberry for train #3 to let the LA crew take over. The ABQ was running low on hours of service, so they vanned out the LA crew from Kingman and a BNSF pilot to help guide the train i... (more)

Slowly crawling up to the crossing at Hackberry, Amtrak #3 will hold here to wait for a relief crew to take the train to Los Angeles.

Running 15 hours late, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief limps down towards Kingman, Ariz., with a CitiRail GEVO leading.

CREX 1308 brings up the rear of an empty coal train arriving at Helena, MT after a trip over Mullan Pass from Missoula.

A pair of BNSF westbound's wait to depart Helena for Mullan Pass on the afternoon of July 4th.

Running into the sunset, CREX 1204 leads a northbound sand train on the CN Waukesha Sub just outside of Ackerville, WI.

A pair of CREX ES44AC's #1513 & #1506 bring CSX Vehicle Train Q238 North through the Rain at Saint Ives, AL.

3 CITIRAIL units join a variety of pumpkin-colored BNSF units, including two units still sporting the Burlington Northern Cascade Green paint.

A pair of Citirails and a CSX lead a very long Jacksonville, FL to North Baltimore, OH through Tunnel Hill.

CREX 1405 is in charge of the daily NS train from Elkhart, IN to BNSF's Northtown yard in Minneapolis, MN.

CSX train Q692 (recently brought back to the Spartanburg Subdivision by new CSX CEO Hunter Harrison) flies across the Enoree River in Enoree, SC at top track speed. The rolling hills, rivers, and ... (more)

Modern Day Leaser Digging right at the top of the grade on the main 2 track, CSX Z354-21 (NS 362) lean into the curve deep in the hollers of Whiteside, TN (MP J-139.0 Whiteside) o... (more)

CREX 1308 gives a shove on a westbound oil train as it passes an eastbound grain empty at Lamphier siding east of Sprague, WA. The BNSF conductor from the grain train may get a little wet before h... (more)

Modern Day Leaser With only seven hours left for the crew on this northbound CSX Q142-12 (Jacksonville,FL-Cincinnati,OH), the train charge up the main heading for the crew change ... (more)