An ex-Conrail C39-8 leads a westbound UP freight into Tucson past blooming palo verde trees.

A Norfolk Southern ballast train heads south at Keno, Kentucky, on the famous former Southern Railway “Rathole” line between Cincinnati and Chattanooga. The short, heavy train even has a caboo... (more)

Shortly after sunrise, a westbound intermodal train comes off the Needles Sub and skirts the old yard on its way to a crew change.

CSX #7574 leads a long auto rack train north into Evansville Indiana, as storm clouds blow up to the east in Kentucky.

A northbound Norfolk Southern train crosses the Cumberland River at Burnside, Kentucky, on a hot and hazy August 23, 1992. On the point of train No. 196 is NS No. 8596 which is a GE C39-8; and yes... (more)

Hauling limestone to the Minntac mine in ore cars is not an everyday thing but when the usual to this job former Minntacand then Missabe side dump cars are in the shops for rebuilding CN makes due... (more)

NS 8635 poses in front of the former Virginian Railway depot with a visitor from the C&NW in this September 1997 view.

Conrail purchased 22, C39-8 #6000-6021.

Conrail C32-8 No. 6610, dressed in the "Ballast Express" scheme, was leading westbound manifest CAPI at Longfellow, PA on Feb. 15, 1998. Although I saw these units several times, on everything fr... (more)

A Chicago and North Western coal empty heads for the mines south of Walker, Wyoming at milepost 110.

M337 Is Passing M338 as it comes to the end of its run and M338 is just starting its run to Chicago.

M337 Is making its way over or around the Iowa Country side on it's way from Chicago to Waterloo.

A Norfolk Southern C39-8 on the Croxton engine tracks after just coming in on an inbound train. These locomotives are no longer rostered by the Norfolk Southern Railway.

One of CR's ugly, gray, Ballast Express units leads TV-203 on a Spring day. Those NS units were an indication of what was to come for this line a little over 2 weeks later after CR was divided up ... (more)