As seen from atop of a tree, Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief #3 reaches the summit of Glorieta Pass and now begins to negotiate the downgrade trek.

UP 2722 leads the Los Angeles to Denver intermodal up Cajon Pass.

Brand new Tier4 power on the SALTSCO tied down at Pisgah on the Needles Sub.

FEC 226 rolls over the tidewater with some extra power, typical for a Sunday or Monday as of late.

Out of the fog appears CSX 8 pulling a very unusual train for this area this loaded ethanol train is bound for Charlotte, NC and to my knowledge is the only loaded ethanol train to traverse this p... (more)

Only the 2nd recorded Tier 4 CSX locomotive to show up at the Hagan Switchback with the other being in 2015, this 3286 leads the Brice NC bound stone train into the switchback at dusk on a hot sum... (more)

BNSF ran a special Employee Appreciation train from LaCross a few days ago. The train made a stop at Galena to pick up first responders of Galena who responded to the big derailment BNSF had a few... (more)

Southbound Union pacific mixed manifest leaves Dunsmuir Ca.after a crew change.

Westbound UPS stackers overtaking an oil in the hole at Burke.

Eastbound 64J, the trash train, cruises through Ardara, PA. Although it was cool on this March day, standing trackside on a sweltering summer day when the "trash train" passes is a poten... (more)

At sunset, three big ACs from three different railroads, but all now part of UP, pull coal empties up Logan Hill at a fast pace with a BNSF empty, visible in the distance, right on their heels.

CSX Transportation train Q264-16 breaks the silence of the night in the railroad town of Palmer, Massachusetts at 0330 hrs on June 17, with ES44AH 797 leading the autorack train eastbound.

Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited, heads northbound, with a pair of P32AC-DMs 712 and 716.

Since Mr. Harrison's take over of CSX, the Columbia area has seen some various changes to rail traffic patterns. One of the major changes was the reroute of Q463/464. What once used the Hamlet S... (more)