With most of the country in a heat wave, I though some snow photos would be apropos. On Saturday, Feb 11th in Atlanta, there weren't many trains (or cars) moving, but using my midwest driving ski... (more)

High & Wide special 981 takes track #2 through Lula due to close clearances on the main. With 13 Abrams tanks returning home as well as a gigantic transformer, this train was a good way to roll i... (more)

Combining all three paint schemes, PTRA's heritage painted locomotive leads Port 264 dragging 87 tank cars from Pasadena Yard to North Yard.

An empty coal train passes under the 7 track signal bridge at NS 23rd Street. Due to the shallow angle, the diamonds have movable point frogs. If you look just to the left of the lead motor, the... (more)

A face only a locomotive builder could love... the faded pug nose of a CSX SD70ACe gets the job done, pulling carload freight up the grade at Kennesaw. There is still snow on some of the freight ... (more)

Rolling over the rebuilt Turkey River Bridge, an IC&E ethanol train heads from Hartley, IA to Chicago, IL for interchange to the NS for Sewaren, NJ. The previous bridge was damaged in the floodin... (more)

A mother/slug set shoves cars clear of the wye in Star. Unfortunately, these units will head back to the yard and 3 CSX widecabs off a grain train will take these cars south to Aberdeen.

Painted in Mid-December, but with the nose logo recently applied, Metra's Rock Island Heritage locomotive departs Chicago. The unit is painted and named in honor of retiring CEO Don Orenso, who b... (more)

NS 334 takes a diverging clear at Howell Wye while CSX grain train G44009 has an approach signal at 10th Street heading towards a crew change at Tilford Yard. Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: GE C40-9W (Dash 9-40CW)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: NS 9477
Train ID: NS 334-10
Photo Date: August 11, 2013

Running as UP 9G3EGUJ 31, BNSF grain train G EDIGUC9 31 is making good time up the east side of Tehachapi pass with 4 up front, plus 3 swing and 3 rear end DPUs and a train of brand new hoppers.

An old grain elevator, an MOW track cart, jointed rail with some spare sticks alongside. I imagine not much has changed since the Milwaukee Road bankruptcy other than the locomotive paint.

A typical November Snow Storm in Michigan, with the temperature hovering around 32 degrees, is producing large, wet snowflakes. The crew has completed their work and are patiently waiting for a s... (more)

Located between the medium sized cities of Jackson and Lansing and directly between Detroit & Chicago and having a decent paint scheme, it surprises me that the Jackson & Lansing Railroad is seldo... (more)

Depicting multiple modes of transporting harvested sugar cane. Bryant Turn #1 heads shuttles empties to the cane fields east of Bryant, where private US Sugar runs will deliver to the loadouts.

With 37 loads, Saturday's Driftwood Turn required some extra power to climb Keating Summit! It warms my heart to see a quad of Six-Motor ALCO's bracketing a lease unit that will soon be returned.