CNW 6901 leads an intermodal outfit departing Fremont in the summer of '96. Trains running through between the CNW and UP-North Platte had to be led by units that were dual-equipped with CNW ATC a... (more)

High on the mountain above Sugar Run, symbol freight LMPI roars up the final few miles to the summit at Gallitzin. Two helpers are coupled ahead of the road power and two more helpers are on the r... (more)

ATSF 6408 coupled with one of Santa Fe's homemade CF-7s rolls through the autumn countryside west of Galesburg, IL on a November afternoon. The BNSF merger brought the hasty construction of a univ... (more)

The former CR 5632, patched with its PRR initials following the NS takeover, is in charge of an eastbound redball booming through Warrior Ridge, PA.

The magnetic flagman is wig-wagging its heart out amidst the clang of its bell as BN 3510 West comes rip-roaring through Camden, MO on the home stretch into Kansas City. Fuji Astia.

Out in cow and coal train country, BN 5078 is in charge of an old school set of power as it leads an empty coal train up the grade from Seneca to Mullen in the vastness of central Nebraska's sandh... (more)

Cruising out the old Middle Division on a late autumn afternoon, NS 8344 (formerly CR 6102) leads a westbound manifest. The once familiar signal bridge here is, of course, long gone.

We're on the AWSNP-26 and following blocks of traffic ahead as we descend the grade to Medicine Bow. The 9096 West is just one of 21 trains that we met between Rawlins and Dale Jct. at a time when... (more)

The prairies are alive with the colorful profusions of black-eyed Susans this time of year. Fortunately the Sidney Sub was alive with a profusion of trains for awhile. UP 3856 West crosses over at... (more)

Conrail PIAL (Conway-Allentown) glides down the Juniata river valley at Warrior Ridge, PA, between Huntingdon and Petersburg, on a mild and lovely July morning. The lead SD40-2 is followed by B36-... (more)

Slamming through Cameron, IL on the 4th of July is a westbound intermodal outfit with ATSF 250, 621, 687 and CR 5558.

BN 8158 leads a post-merger consist out of the sag between Chalender and Williams Jct. The 5262, an SDF-40-2 second out, is interesting. Originally an Amtrak SDP-40F, these units demonstrated a te... (more)

Pure Santa Fe. Even though BN power is beginning to appear on numerous trains, this 80 car eastbound is resplendent in its native dress as it heads down off the Arizona Divide between Flagstaff an... (more)

With helpers ahead of the road power and two more on the rear, a 137 car westbound manifest is 21st of 22 trains in four hours at MG, back when it was still a part-time open office. The air lines ... (more)

Yet another coal train begins the climb up Crawford Hill. Typically eastbound loads, one behind another, stopped west of the old C&NW crossing at the foot of the grade to add helpers - at this ti... (more)