An eastbound BNSF double empty train, consisting of a unit grain and a unit oil train, rolls downgrade through Austin Montana, while the road’s QALTPTL6-23D ascends Mullan Pass on the adjoining ... (more)

The flags were waving as the 2023 Toys For Tots Train rolls into Bainbridge for it's second to last stop of the trip while some railfans capture their photos & video.

Back in early PAL days paint didn't matter much so some interesting but dirty consists materialized. I've always wondered if those GE motors on Alco trucks pulled better. I like the look.

The other side of the story. Well the other side of this unit. Lest anyone think this is an H10-44, the overhang was installed by the intrepid crews who didn't want sun in their eyes. I think F... (more)

BN 1726 leads a quartet of GP9/18s waiting for the North Coast Hiawatha to leave Livingston for Butte which it will follow with the daily freight. All units were NP, the 4th, BN 1998 was a GP18. T... (more)

A pass occurring at the small farm town of Elsberry, Missouri.

How many men does it take to wash a 567 engine? BN 6110's engine gets a bath at Belknap St. Yard in Superior, WI, July 1973. Superior was once a location of major locomotive shops for the Great No... (more)

C means it was the third unit of the 347 consist. I wonder where the others are now...

ex PBR slug S2 sits outisde the Tradepoint Rail engine house, awaiting scrapping on site.

Back at Peachtree Station again but the leaves have begun to turn as the "Crescent", now with only three units prepares to depart for New Orleans. In the days before Amtrak.

South Branch Valley RR currently operated by OmniTRAX using Chessie lettered GP 9 ex C&O/B&O 6240 moving freight from Petersburg to Greenspring crossing one of two bridges at Riverdale Acres.

Wrecked Amtrak P42 28 sits outside the shop at Beech Grove.

Engine CSXT 0001 with Train CSX P001: With no opposing traffic on CSX's Trenton Subdivision, the CSX Office Car Special made great time on the trip north from Philadelphia, PA, en route to ... (more)

A trio of cabooses bring up the rear of a westbound BN freight rolling through Newport, MN on its last lap into the Twin Cities. BN 10708, a modern extended vision caboose is preceded by two forme... (more)

The Louisiana Worlds Fair Daylight climbs the 1% grade to the Oregon/California state line on the second morning of its trip to New Orleans. Twenty minutes earlier, the train had departed Klamath ... (more)