BNSF 8086 is the rear DPU unit on an eastbound oil train slowing at Jennings, MT to meet a westbound Z-train. Jennings is the west end of a GN/BN line relocation that included construction of the ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's "safety train" passes a small pond near Calcis, Alabama, during a run from Tuscaloosa, AL, to Macon, GA. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information about Norfolk... (more)

This is another of those shots I'd always wanted and just got luck this day and stumbled upon it. It seems a bit like honorary street running and just had an incongruous charm about it.

... (more)

BNSF’s Cody local passes through Garland, Wyoming, on June 24, 2016. The four-car train is led by a pair of former Burlington Northern EMD SD70MACs and trailed by BN caboose No. 12540, and is he... (more)

Western Forest Products SW1200 #302 leads the afternoon Beaver Cover train over East Fork trestle on Vancouver Island. WFP's Englewood Railway remains the last logging railroad in North America.

Not a bad place to ride around the steel mill in the summer but not so sure I would want to be on this in January with the wind whipping down Lake Michigan.

Bang your head The lite power of today’s Z390 is almost at the rear of its own train where the conductor is busy gathering his thoughts for the next move as he patiently waits for the eng... (more)

Having visited a car repair shop somewhere along the system recently, this aggregate hopper stands out from its neighbors with a fresh coat of paint. But what’s really surprising and noteworthy... (more)

Near sunset, a CSX freight from Kentucky ducks under NS' bridge approach as it nears the south end of Queensgate Yard. Over head an empty steel train headed for Middletown, OH, waits to enter Gest... (more)

This is the quintessential picture of industrial siding railroading in 1960’s New England. The Wrentam Branch freight from Readville is switching the Shoe Carton siding. At one time there would ... (more)