M301 heads south at Doswell in between a fleet of Amtrak trains on the RF&P Sub.

A busy morning in Wyoming's Powder River Basin has resulted in a three-way meet at Bill. Two eastbound UP coal trains race towards Shawnee Jct, and onto home rails, as a westbound BNSF coal train ... (more)

An SD9 in the shadow of Mt. Shasta awaits its next call to duty.

There is a lot going on here, so stay with me: For four days in late December (the 26th through the 29th), Metrolink had their entire commuter train system shut down. Much of this was because Lo... (more)

Eastbound WEPX Empty Coal Train on the B&O/CSXT Akron Mainline/New Castle Sub.

L576 soars over the Black River in Hatfield with a rare C44-9WL leader. This job does a turn out of Blair to Wisconsin Rapids, working industries along the way.

KCS ex BNSF dash 9 sit in storage in the MOW yard in Shreveport

An empty coal train rolls west on Union Pacific's line from North Platte to the C&NW connection at Morill, WY headed back for another load in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. At this time C&NW/U... (more)

After traversing the Mendota & Chicago subs during the day, NS takes control of coal loads for Detroit. Seen here snaking through downtown Chicago under the cover of darkness, with a BN 70mac up f... (more)

In 1989, the AT&SF sold its former TP&W line to a new TP&W corporation, including 19 GP20 locomotives in the deal. A TP&W train in the 1990's typically included a consist of well-worn GP20s, some... (more)

Gray Granite Gets A Second Diesel Ready. With the Christmas Season coming, the Gray Granite Railroad has nearly completed work on GE 25T 0825 on Saturday, November 24, 2023. This locomotive... (more)

Two westbound BNSF trains race up the 1.4% grade of Goffs Hill as they traverse the new triple-track section of the Needles Sub. On Main One, a Logistic Park Chicago, IL to Long Beach (Pier T), CA... (more)

What appears to be NS 2133 sits in front of the former Manufacturer's Railway engine house adjacent to the Anheuser-Busch brewery in downtown St. Louis. I can tell you that NS 2133 is currently a... (more)

Southern Pacific train 51, the San Joaquin, is seen at Bakersfield California in 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A Wide Variety at Westchester Yard. The NYC Subway is unusual among rapid transit systems in that it has a dedicated fleet of railbound maintenance equipment used by in-house forces to ... (more)