KCS 7009 is the lead motor on a scorpion train moving west on "The Gateway" at Rock Creek Jct in Independence. Once the train reaches KC, it will swing south and head for Pittsburg, KS. KCS 7009 i... (more)

A Conrail freight heads west from Chesterton through Porter on its way from Elkhart, IN to Chicago. The manifest features a group of auto parts cars on the head end. Son Robert, not quite three at... (more)

CR 6707 "We Support Our Troops" leads symbol ALPI3 (Allentown-Conway) as it departs Huntingdon after being tied down for most of a day. There had been a derailment in Altoona but traffic... (more)

Conrail has become a class act by 1993, as attested to by this coil train racing east through Porter, IN behind an SD50/SD40-2/SD60M combo. Porter has been a favorite train watching location for y... (more)

CSX Vehicle Train Q205-21 roars North through Control Point Coosa Pines in Grasmere, AL. After doing work at the Honda Vehicle Hub in Talladega, AL.

Q235 grinds by the the NAS North End of Gay's search lights on it's southward journey with a pair SD50s.

As the evening sun glistens down on the city of Marietta, manifest Q541-13 sprints through the historic town, with an EMD gem to lead the train towards Atlanta.

Northbound empty autoracks crossing the Etowah River

UP eastbound coal load near Morrison

A westbound Conrail freight swings under the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad signals at McElhattan, Pa.

New faces of 1983

Conrail suffered a major service interruption on July 24, 1984. Around 5 o’clock in the morning, westbound train OIIN was passing the Berks Products stone quarry in Temple, Pennsylvania when sev... (more)

Utilizing the NS/CSX Cincinnati Directional Running Agreement, CSX manifest freight Q501 is "Eastbound and Down" (thank you, Jerry Reed) on the NS New Castle District as it sprints throu... (more)

CSX 8521 leads the U-CXPELU west through Westmont.