Snow continues to fall as blue hour switches to darkness while BLE 906 gets lights to pull iron ore loads from United Taconite and begin the return trip back to Proctor yard.

Box Around the Bend. NJ Transit F40PH-2CAT no. 4120 is seen leading Morristown Line train 339 around the bend east of Orange Station, bound for Summit.

That's Rich | About to complete its climb through the valley at Rich Mountain, AR, a heavy train of grain loads pokes along on a partly sunny Sunday, April 14, 2024 morning.

Pulling a mixed freight, two Illinois Central SD70s pull hard on a large mixed freight on a windy Spring day.

G535 with 3MP1 freight passes CLP9-CLP12 waiting to attach to an SSR grain train at Appleton Dock.

An eastbound intermodal train heads for Chicago during a winter storm with 3-4 axle units. The train is passing thru East Dubuque on the Aurora Sub in the late 90s. Scanned slide from January 1997... (more)

CSX SD70MACe 4732 leads M642 North through Blue Island, about to make the turn East for Barr Yard.

NS 203 at Wells Viaduct

NS Train 12Z heads north through a heaven-on-earth scene at Arcadia, Virginia.

Brand new C44ACM #5951 leads westbound symbol IG2LC upgrade near Fingal on UP's Sunset Route.

Restarting on a .42% grade here at Allen Jct, puts these old girls to the test. They show their age as they slowly get 13,000 tons of iron ore moving again after meeting an empty here. This loaded... (more)

Looking across a bridge that crosses the Tallapoosa River, I witness the lead engine of CSX train I183 blow through the crossing towards Wadley with 266 axles.

Rainy Day

The Southwest Chief rolls along authorized for 90 mph across most of the Marceline Sub. The train will have to slow to 50 mph for the curves down into the Des Moines River Valley here in a few mil... (more)

Rigi Bahnen cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 2 from 1937 pushes the snowplow X # 102 on Rigi Staffel towards Rigi Kulm. The pantograph on the plow is used to scrape off ice from the overhead line. The p... (more)