A lengthy train of empty hoppers(en-route to Auville Yard in Iaeger) creep across the massive Trace Fork Viaduct in Amonate, Va., along the former Norfolk & Western Dry Fork Branch. Originating at... (more)

Fresh out of the BCRail backshop, former MLW RS18 has emerged as a completely rebuilt locomotive in the form of CRS20. "C" for Caterpiller, "RS" for Road Switcher and 20 for 2000 horsepower.

A crew member remotely controls a pair of GP15-1's through the mill tracks tight curves.

The new RegioExpress between Schaffhausen and Zürich with stops in Bülach and Zürich Oerlikon are served by the new Stadler doubledeck "RVD" (Regional traffic doubledecker) RABe 511. # 511 014 is ... (more)

CN M372 departs Belleville Yard with CN 2153, BCOL 4624 for muscle. Note the ICG caboose in trail, one might think it belongs at the tail end!

CN 149 ascends one of the many hogbacks found on the Kingston Sub east of Belleville.

PSAP switch job was setting up some empty center-beams at the pass in Shelton, late afternoon on the first day of spring.

A lone CP GP20C-ECO makes its way through Shoreham Yard at University Junction

The engineer on the daily Scrap Iron job gives a friendly wave as the train rolls through Newport. He has a reason to smile - he's retiring in a few months!

CN's "new" power: A hot 148 rolls off the Dundas Subdivision with 5403 leading BCOL 4601. CN 5403 is a former EMDX lease unit with new CN paint as part of their acquisition of older ... (more)

Westbound towards Grand Forks just before being told to stop at Carlton and run around their train and bring it into Superior.

Fixed horizon

The debut run of the New England Central GP40CU/MT-4 slug set for a Public Relations photo shoot on Friday, finds the NECR 3809/809 leading the 500 wood chip train south toward Milton, Vermont.

This is snowmobile country and one such outdoor enthusiast scoots past this former C&NW F7A, now employed by the Wisconsin Great Northern and positioned here to help move store freight cars.

Richard Beal photo: The late great DRGW moving some coal out of Steamboat with a shiny SD50 on the front and some more normally dirty power behind.