"Power Shortage"

On an otherwise boring, cloudy day the consist on CSX K418 brightens the mood with a very interesting mix of power. Up until the train reached Selkirk the CP SD4... (more)

"Resting at the Hawley Station"

After having beautiful conditions throughout the morning and early afternoon heavy clouds started rolling in prior to the return of the 3:00 r... (more)

"Long Hood Forward"

After outlawing in Sparta the previous night, an extra crew is on board the Sparta turn as the train crosses the Hamburg Turnpike with 29 cars in tow. When ... (more)

Police Presence in Roanoke

With NS and Virginia State police present, an NS intermodal train eases through downtown Roanoke. The police were there to protect the star of the we... (more)

611 Arrives in Roanoke

With the exception of a line of stored ex-UP SD90/43MACS in the foreground Roanoke yard is relatively empty for the evening arrival of J Class 611.

"Beauty and the Beast"

NS 1074, the Lackawanna heritage unit rests alongside a cosmetically restored PRR GG1 at the United Railroad Historical Society's 2013 open house. The e... (more)

The Lone Survivor

After a successful weekend of excursions N&W 611 joins its sisters at the Virginia Museum of Transportation. A brief break in heavy cloud cover allowed for th... (more)

"An Uncertain Future"

While in the area to document the Stourbridge Line's "Return to Rails" excursion we stumbled upon this ex-Maine Central GP7 stored just outside of town.... (more)

"Walking down Monroe Street"

The long awaited movement of the last surviving EL U34CH from Garfield, NJ to Boonton, NJ occurred on Wednesday October 29 2014. This movement would... (more)

Awaiting Restoration

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad museum in Baltimore, MD has quite an array of equipment displayed outside the museum for visitors to see. In this photo a B&O... (more)

"Daylight Freight on the Hudson Line"

When a friend had asked me to join him trackside on a beautiful Saturday morning in upstate New York, I said yes with little hesitation as w... (more)

The Strates Carnival Train

The annual Strates Carnival train is seen crossing the Mill Rift bridge from Sparrow Bush, NY to Mill Rift, PA. The train is making its once yearly r... (more)

An Eclectic Powerset on a Daylight Road Freight

As a result of welded rail being installed on the Northern Division of the Susquehanna, the Tuesday night edition of the SU-100 ... (more)

Reunited in Roanoke

After much fanfare over the past month, Norfolk & Western 611 sits quietly with its firebox still warm alongside its Roanoke-built sisters at the Virginia M... (more)

Restricted Running in Susquehanna

The engineer of the 3806 has his train at a crawl as they pass a string of stored gondolas on the passing siding. The train itself is also pas... (more)