ISRR coal destined for IPL near Indianapolis heads north at twilight north of Lyons, IN.

Sunset glint illuminates the pole line and limestone quarry at Millards along Conrail's Harrisburg Line.

East Conway is a busy place, day or night. A C38 local arrives on the left as the 12G heads for Delaware on the right. In a few minutes, Amtrak's Capitol Limited will sneak up on me on track 1 a... (more)

Southbound DFT about to pass North Driftwood with a few covered hoppers in tow.

Amtrak 6 California Zephyr pops out of the Kyune Tunnels on Soldier Summit on a mostly cloudy morning. Thankfully the sun popped out just in time!

Pennsylvania railfans have recently enjoyed matched sets of SD60I's in Conrail paint on several of the Pennsylvania Power & Light coal trains running to the Strawberry Ridge power plant on the NS ... (more)

Quite a view to the east as a coal train passes the east interlocking at Basin on the LA&SL.

A different view of one of the PRR position lights on the METRA line out of Chicago Union Station at Racine Ave, with the Willis Tower in the background.

This odd switcher showed up in Allentown, presumably to take a trip to Philadelphia on a D&H 558 for duties as the Philly Switcher. Though at this date it still might have been possible that this ... (more)

The first of 2 sections of the Moorefield grain train heads up a short grade coming out of Springfield, WV.

Southbound (eastbound?) AK-1 delivering cars for AVR at Bakerstown and a few loads for Austin's in Valencia.

UP 7676 leads an eastbound manifest over Silver Zone Pass. Clifside siding is out of view to the right, and above that the line continuing west out of Arnold's Loop.

This Monongahela caboose trails an NS jimbo train parked on the Turtle Creek Industrial. Lighting provided by a cheap Radio Shack handheld spotlight. Some brightness correction applied using Adob... (more)

Stack train 20G hugs Mt Washington as it winds it's way south. This stretch of track saw the 2nd track installed in 1993-1994 to prepare for trains like this one. The Monongahela Incline is visibl... (more)

12-hour late Amtrak 30, led by a pair of NS C40-9's, overtakes the NS 262 just east of CP-Bell. Amtrak 30 struck a truck somewhere in Indiana, damaging the lead unit.