A CTC-controlled meet is taking place at the north end of the long siding at Pineville, KY. On the left is Extra 2725 North, while Extra 8535 South is taking the siding. The SD50s were still fairl... (more)

Thanks to a weekend photo release from Conrail (and a guided tour of all of the facilities at Altoona, plus a ride on a helper from Gallitzin to Altoona all on the day before), here's a shot of a ... (more)

Amtrak's Inter-American to Texas is ready to depart from the huge St. Louis Union Station. The photographer rode to San Antonio aboard this train in a sleeping car.

Engineer Jerry Taylor has a southbound coal train rolling along at track speed between Glidden and Popeville, on the "CC&O Connection" to Hagans, VA, and the famed switchback. The bridge here cros... (more)

On a bitterly cold evening--colder than a well digger's butt--C&O Greenbrier 614 (temporarily numbered 614-T) waits at the west end of the yard at Hinton for passage of train 51, the westbound Amt... (more)

One of the earlier variations of the yellow nose added to CSX's earlier dreadful "stealth" paint scheme fronts an eastbound coal train climbing the grade at Oreton, VA. This movement originated in... (more)

N&W class J 611 marches upgrade approaching the twin Huger Tunnels on the Pokey main line with the return leg of a Bluefield-Iaeger r/t. The streamlined 4-8-4's strident exhaust and haunting deep-... (more)

With her American Freedom Train duties completed, ex-SP 4449 is headed home for Oregon--kind of. Before running under the auspices of Amtrak on the transcontinental run, Southern Railway used the ... (more)

A westbound BN freight rolls through Orin Junction, at the southern end of the Powder River coal basin.

An eastbound coal train struggles upgrade at Oreton, VA behind three GEs (a C30-7, two U30Cs) and an EMD SD40-2. Exhausts on the GEs stand tall--and if you look toward the very rear of the train, ... (more)

At 8:45 AM, a southbound San Joaquin train with four cars observes the speed restriction over the drawbridge at Middle River, CA, several miles west of Stockton.

Despite the NS paint scheme, this former Southern Railway GP38-2 still sports the distinctive features of a unit that proudly "Served the South." The high mounted bell--similar to the way Southern... (more)

An eastbound unit coal train awaits a clear signal indication from the East End dispatcher at Knoxville, TN. The track on the left belongs to CSX, which attains trackage rights here for the trip o... (more)

The rust on this wheel suggests its been several days since it rolled. Indeed, GALX 8045--an empty aluminum hopper--is spotted on the set-out track at the north end of the siding at Kermit, VA. Th... (more)

Two NS locals are tied down on a blustery Friday afternoon at the small, but strategic yard at Frisco--right on the Virginia-Tennessee state line near Kingsport, TN. This is also the point where C... (more)