Stormy Plainview

Severe thunderstorms are moving northeasterly into Boulder County just in time for an opening for a sun filled storm light shot at Plainview, CO. Amtrak #6... (more)

The Livonia, Avon and Lakeville road train heads South after working the Rochester & Southern Yard and the Genesee Junction where they interchange with CSX.

Amtrak train 48 the "Lakeshore Limited" accelerates out of the Rochester, NY Amtrak station with a lashup of three GE P42DC's for power, including the Phase 3 heritage unit leading. Comp... (more)

After arriving into Mechanicville with guest officials aboard, a new crew departs CPF470 to wye the train for it's layover at the yard tonight.

CSX M765-12 climbs uphill out of Wauhatchie Yard with a quartet of Geeps leading the way to Widows Creek, AL.

PO-74 cruises by Gouldsboro Station along the former DLW Pocono Main with a 4 pack of Alco and MLW 6-axles and 80 cars in tow. On the rear of the train is a 3 pack of 4-axles pushing up the mounta... (more)

Susie-Q makes the grade to Jamesville on a hot July afternoon in Central Upstate New York. They head South out of Syracuse with a train for Cortland NY. Engines: NYSW 3810, NYSW 3016, NYSW 3012,... (more)

GNRR geeps bring 21 loads of chicken feed north through Holly Springs bound for Pilgrims Pride a couple miles away

The MRL Laurel to Missoula manifest smoking through Bozeman Tunnel. This tunnel was built by the Northern Pacific back in the 1940’s. Shooting trains up Bozeman pass is always fun.

An RSD-1 runs light from the SCRM/OERM shop to the station area as they pass a wigwag crossing signal. With the last wigwag on a revenue line in SoCal removed earlier this year in Vernon, this is ... (more)

After about an hour of switching Pepperidge Farm outside Fairview Ave. Metra Station... the Racetracks’ 457 job continues east, bound for Western Ave in Chicago. Today the 457 job sports a 5 pac... (more)

After coupling up to its consist US Army FM H12-44 number 1843 emits a plume of smoke as it notches up to proceed north. The FM was used to clear the equipment in front of the shop from track 7 so... (more)

A pair of former D&H Alco RS3's shove Delaware-Lackawanna train BR-1 over Cedar Ave in Scranton under the wire on the trolley line. At 68 years old, the RS3's are still hard at work on the DL.

Under rainy skies, a Union Pacific U30C and two SD40-2’s pass the station sign at Forelle, Wyoming.

After switching cars in Manchester, Finger Lakes Railway train GC-2 is back on the ex New York Central alignment as U23B number 2201 and B23-7 number 2306 work hard to accelerate their train throu... (more)