Coming back from dropping off an engine to lead the problematic Q427 CSX 4709 the "taxi" brings the crew beck to the yard so they can complete their work. Lite power on this stretch of t... (more)

PAR POED smokes its way around the curve at CPF 203, just outside Portland's Rigby yard with some vibrant foliage providing a scenic backdrop

PWBO, an as needed loaded limestone train from the Providence and Worcester Railroad to Bow, NH on Pan Am crawls behind the cemetery with run through power

Halloween morning brought me Q012, the first of 4 eastbounds I'd see within a timespan of about 4 hours

Amtrak Autumn Express extra backs down the runner while wying his train before the trip west

Amtrak Autumn Express extra crawls into its destination, snaking through the scenic town of greenfield with lots of foliage covering the tracks

Amtrak Autumn Express extra runs through the valley fog right after the east portal of the hoosac tunnel and before charlemont

Amtrak Autumn Express extra runs past the Rice Propane facility approaching the Route 8A crossing

Amtrak Autumn Express extra runs past the pumpkin patch at Red Barn, which is supposedly owned by the Cosby family

Engineer Dennis brings POED's power through the yard to the head end of their train

POED smokes its way through the beautiful Scarborough Marsh's this afternoon with my engineer friend Dennis at the helm

PAR POSE with a newer tier 4 GEVO leading passes a small depot in the Town of Chelmsford Massachusetts

A typically very heavy manifest, CSX Q427 often struggles on the near 2% grade through the Berkshire mountains. Today was no different as a pair of GE's haul this beast of a train through the foli... (more)

A typically very heavy manifest, CSX Q425 often struggles on the near 2% grade through the Berkshire mountains. Today was no different as a trio of GE's haul this beast of a train through the foli... (more)

15T stretches out along the straightaway and up a little incline with a little bit of red hidden in the lashup