CNW 8528 basks in some late evening light as it brings a loaded coal train past MP 107 (East Walker, WY.) on the joint CNW/BN coal line in May 0f 1991.

Flagging Crossings. The conductor of New York & Atlantic train RS-40 flags traffic to a stop on Morgan Ave as GATX GP38-2 no. 2204 creeps out across the sidewalk and into the street. Cr... (more)

An interesting engine, KCS Safety Starts Here, pushing on the rear of CPKC train 112 today.

Clean Cubes. A line of six recently painted MP15AC locomotives (EMD, 1977) that still serve as work locomotives today. During an Electric Railroaders Association tour of the MTA Long Island... (more)

Genesee And Wyoming’s First Diesel. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Railroad 20 is a General Electric 80 ton centercab locomotive, and was the first diesel-electric locomotive owned by the New Yor... (more)

Growing up in the Appalachians I thought you had to have hills to have coal mines. Southwest Indiana isn't like that. Mostly it's flat, much of it is wasteland, covered with half-grown timber, s... (more)

Coal trains on the Santa Fe race track looked out of place. These York Canyon Coal trains were heading to McCook and points east. Usually, these heavy trains got 3-4 big GEs for power. As seen he... (more)

Shortly after sunrise, BNSF C-SCRMRBC0-45F has mid-train helpers cut in and they have begun their climb out of Helena towards Mullan Pass. Notable buildings of the Helena skyline can be seen in th... (more)

Blissville in Bloom. New York & Atlantic Railway train RS-40 is seen switching cars at Blissville Yard in Long Island City, Queens. The train will soon make its way back east to Fresh P... (more)

Uglier even than a Sperry, this tie train is (appropriately?) tied down at Martins. I even caught a break in the clouds for this, not that helped its appearance any. Do not hump, you say? Well, no... (more)

Alleghany Ascents: AMTK 331, a new charger, leads the eastbound Cardinal out of the Alleghany Tunnel, as it passes a loaded coal train on track one on the left side of the frame. The elevation of... (more)

Steam locomotive 241 A 65 from behind. On the tender is the large signet of the Wettstein Kältetechnik company in Gümligen. WWAG has been the locomotive's main sponsor since 1995. It played a m... (more)

Ottawa Valley Railway's train from North Bay (431) has arrived and after a power shuffle heads to the east end of the yard to build its return trip. OVR connects CPKC to the Ontario Northland haul... (more)

Elephant Style. A pair of elephant statues look on as CSX AC44CW no.s 3162 and 159 pass nearby on the West Shore Line, leading train M403 through Ridgefield Park, NJ. The pair are fitti... (more)

A loaded GRDX coal train climbs the hill.