Even though the temperature started this morning below zero, the railroads in the Midwest are still in full PSR mode...well the best they can. Doesn't take long being around these railroads to hea... (more)

Lucky for us this 340 got held for a Metra at the Grayslake diamond. Here the 1x1 train is back on the roll as they passes over the Metra Fox Lake Sub south of Grayslake with traffic bound for the... (more)

The Wixom to Flint turn is southbound bound for Wixom with cars for the CSX. Here the job is working back up to speed after slow poking thru Holly and over the CN Holly Sub. The job is passing Sou... (more)

The CSX D711 local out of Flint is just about to enter the CN Flint Sub at Belsay after meeting M397. This local uses CN trackage from Flint to Port Huron to access the CSX Port Huron Sub. The job... (more)

Probably the most classic ex-Pere Marquette cantilever signal bridge shot along the Lake State is the shot at MP 30.8, South McGrew, on the northeast side of Flint. The CSX local from Flint to Por... (more)

The CSX D711 local out of Flint is just about to leave the CN Flint Sub at Belsay. This local uses CN trackage back and forth between Port Huron and Flint. The job is somewhat land locked and uses... (more)

DPs shove hard on the back of this loaded coal train bound for the Brice power plant at Terrell, NC. In a 2x2 DP setup, 4 GEs locomotives work these 108 loads as they begin the climb out of Elkhor... (more)

West of New Orleans there is a ton of industries that are along the Mississippi River towards Baton Rouge. The KCS and CN somewhat have the hook on alot of the business on the northside of the riv... (more)

The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley, located in St. Charles Parish, LA. The spillway allows floodwaters from the Mississippi River to flow into ... (more)

The CN runs coal from southern Illinois to the Gulf for mainly export. The main contract is these 738's to Convent Marine Terminal at Convent on the Baton Rouge Sub. Here a loaded coal train skirt... (more)

The CN runs coal from southern Illinois to the Gulf for mainly export. The main contract is these 738's to Convent Marine Terminal at Convent on the Baton Rouge Sub. Here a loaded coal train skirt... (more)

An empty Dyersville Big River ethanol train pulls out of the siding at Dyersville after meeting 338. The crew is only 2 miles from the train's destination. They cross the North Fork of the Maquoke... (more)

The BCOL heritage unit has made a couple round trips to Iowa in late 2021. The unit is now eastbound on the 2nd ethanol trip to the CSX bound for Alabama. Here 2 AC's buzz along pulling 11,000 ton... (more)

I had my drone on my 338 trip for hopes of shooting the CP business train, but a 21:30 arrival in Dubuque ended up not working for my work schedule. Instead I went after the train I just handed of... (more)

The California Zephyr blast east enroute for Chicago. The next stop is at Osceola about 20 miles ahead. They pass the small town of Murray on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub in southern Iowa.