The morning Chicago to St. Paul hotshot is less than 20 miles from the next crew change at LaCrosse. The train skirts the Mississippi River as they pass thru Genoa. The Genoa power plant is in the... (more)

The BNSF leased alot of junk power after the merger. The railroad needed alot of power to help thru the struggles they had moving freight. Some of the leasers were these ex-ATSF C30-7s that came f... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 45 heads north (westbound) through Hubertus, Wisconsin, on June 11, 1996, powered by a pair of WC’s F45s and a new Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW.

11.11.88 Orange, VA 3:40 PM. AMT 333 F40PH. On the point westbound #51 Cardinal entering the former C&O Piedmont Subdivision tracks on its way to Charlottesville.. The yard tracks in the foregrou... (more)

Ex-Penn Central, exx-Pennsylvania Railroad.

Ex-Penn Central, exx-Pennsylvania Railroad.

GE industrials morphed over the years with little fanfare and no change of model. Much like the tractors on 18-wheelers components varied from user to user. One locomotive we handled had a two c... (more)

Heading to Los Angeles, Southern Pacific GS-4 4449 makes a service stop in Tehachapi after climbing out of the San Joaquin Valley. The low sun this morning creates a mood similar to a plein ai... (more)

Amtrak train 36, the eastbound Desert Wind (Los Angeles CA to Ogden UT) cuts through the haze as it passes the old Santa Fe station sign for Casa Blanca (White House), a neighborhood in Riv... (more)

Hustling a southbound coal train this leaser is rounding a curve, giving a good view of the undercarriage. This one is pure, 20 magnificent cylinders still. I resisted the temptation of get the ... (more)

A fate worse than death? Maybe not but life was hard for an old unit on BS&G's makeshift railroads. One of the last truly ragtag old southern operations. Ramshackle "Snaptrack" laid on... (more)

5 unit light engine move Southbound on the River Division behind ex-New York Central U30B 2847.

Ex-Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.

Ex-Penn Central.

Winter of 1999 was approaching fast, and CSX ownership of Conrail's Boston Line had already reached six months. One could still set their watch to the parade of trains through the area of Palmer,... (more)