US Sugar #148 was restored to its original FEC appearance this weekend as part of a photography charter that ran between Lake Placid and Lake Harbor along the South Central Florida Express mainlin... (more)

A somewhat rare event, a pair of SD60's lead the daily Kirk Yard to Waterloo manifest west on the Dubuque Sub. The train had many issues with the ice storm that hit overnight and extra power was b... (more)

CN 500 is shoving cars for the Port of Montreal out of Pointe St-Charles Yard. The caboose at right had just been used for a shove move with grain empties. In the foreground are stored Comet cars.

After interchanging with NS, CLXX 6003 leads a long train out of the tunnel on S Neville Street in Pittsburg.

The 4100 is in charge of the passenger special from Oelwein back to Waterloo. The unit would be cut off at Linden Ave once the train headed back northbound for the overnight stop at Cedar Falls. H... (more)

In the early 90s, my mother and I made a lot of trips to Galesburg for railroad days. It was some of the 1st places we went and seen major train action. The BNSF merger would make Galesburg the hu... (more)

Visitng 47712 on a rake of vintage coaching stock.

Electric cogwheel snow blower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 of the Rigi Railways in operation on Rigi Staffel. There is more snow than ever this winter towards the end of April. The three-axle locomotive ... (more)

Led by a quartet of GE C44-9Ws, Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s Denver to Stockton manifest freight climbs out of Rocky, Colorado, on April 23, 2002. In the background sits an eastbound Union Pac... (more)

A Westbound Chicago to San Bernardino passes under the classic Santa Fe signal bridge at New Boston on the Marceline Sub. These signals were retired on October 1, 2019, and the bridge was removed ... (more)

The St. Paul to Kansas City daily freight train had some unusual motors in the consist. A pair of CP hydrogen locomotives are dead in tow. Each locomotive is painted in a unique paint scheme for t... (more)

It seems the California Zephyr is destined to be led by a pair of Phase VII P42's. This colorful consist is a welcomed addition for photographs along the Moffat Route.

D6732 departing Weybourne.

UP 9581 runs into light snow showers as it exits the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel with an oil can train.

The BNSF merger was getting closer to reality by May 1995. Galesburg was about to become a major hub in the east with this merger. Lots of things would change, but for now the BN was as is with th... (more)