A CSX westbound rack train starts to pull at Braddock after waiting for traffic ahead to clear before it heading across the single track.

Northbound potash empties about to hammer the IHB daimonds at Dolton.

See Something, Say Something Upon chasing the M-SHNS to the NS Meridian yard I noticed a “rider” in the DPU of this train... (more)

CP train 458-10 with NS 8435 leading 3 other NS units and 148 autos/mixed freight charges Southbound out of the Controlled Siding at DALTON (CPF 661) on the CP Sunbury Sub after meeting 4 Northbou... (more)

Late on a warm spring afternoon NS 216 makes good time westbound through rural northern Indiana.

Union Pacific's second comfort cab GE unit on the roster leads a Stockton, CA to Hinkle, OR manifest through a rather empty yard at Clearfield, Utah. Unfortunately, that nifty cantilever signal br... (more)

Dog day afternoon With the crew of Q611 out of hours and “on the law”, their mixed freight now rests in the Macon siding as a local pup stares it down before continuing on his doggie way.

NS 13G leans hard through the curve at Cassandra on a hot summer day with an ex-CR C40-8W in the lead. The curve at Cassandra is built for 60mph running with the intermodal trains however the 13G ... (more)

CSXT 7893 & CSXT 7694 lead CSXT Q007-21 through Highland, Illinois.

456 generally leaves in daylight now, with its counterpart arriving well under the cover of darkness.

A southbound CSX freight passes over Covington after departing Queensgate Yard across the Ohio River in Cincinnati.

In the waning aftermath of Snowpocalypse 2012, the Keenan Switch heads out in the elements to deliver a cut of empty gondolas to Mesabi Nugget for loading. The Mesabi Nugget project is a pioneer... (more)

CSXT 7843 leads a Waycross originated manifest down the Nahunta Subdivision into the 'Folkston Funnel' where both the Nahunta and Jesup Subdivisions meet. Note: The High & Wide in the consi... (more)

UP's American President Lines to Los Angeles stack train departs the Salt Lake City metro area at Buena Vista. This 135 platform stacker is westbound on the former Western Pacific mainline as view... (more)

With a blazing T081 ahead of it, the mixed freight train of Q453 rounds the curve and passes underneath the signal bridge tha... (more)