In the siding at Espanola, a dedicated Boeing 737 train waits with its high value load for two hot eastbound intermodels to pass. This is a unique train and BNSF moves these planes from Wichita, K... (more)

Pulling out of Davenport after a 45-minute stop to add some lube oil and fine-tune the SD45, it’s 42 miles to Cheney and the BNSF interchange to finish a long day. It’s not easy being a short line... (more)

Shortline railroading at its best….85lb rail meandering through the landscape, 40+ year old power, a one-man crew, 11 loads and 108 miles to the interchange. Rail was laid between Cheney To Coulee... (more)

The first westbound train of the day approaches the station at Bound Brook from Newark Penn Station. This Raritan Valley train will continue on the former CNJ mainline to High Bridge.

Dawn finds a serene and dreamy world awaken by the sounds of a train crossing the river. This tranquil scene does not reveal the tension in the air as Hurricane Irene is fast approaching and will ... (more)

A typical Pennsylvania hot, humid, and hazy summer day is coming to an end, but the trains coming across Rockville Bridge seem to be endless.

Dawn finds a brief lull in the action at the junction that won’t last long on the very busy Transcon line.

The highlight of the 2001 Milwaukee Road Historical Society convention in Montevideo was an excursion pulled by 261 with 10 perfectly matched MILW painted cars. After the convention was over, the ... (more)

The engineer and conductor review orders during a station stop at Osier.

Nearing the end of it’s 190 mile roundtrip to Port Jervis, Ross Roland storms the Hackensack River at track speed. The lump on the tender top is a crewman shaking some coal loose to feed the stoke... (more)

It's a beautiful evening in the Hudson River Valley and the engineer of this southbound train seems to be enjoying the ride.

With record water levels at Lake Champlain, winds kicked up some nice waves on areas normally inland of the lake. This was the last train through this section for a while as the lake rose further ... (more)

The first rays of sunlight are just hitting the landscape as Amtrak’s Empire Service train #230 passes Pollepel Island. The castle ruins were once the warehouses of a Scottish arms merchant who pu... (more)

Just out of Port Henry, this southbound manifest will skirt Lake Champlain most of the way to Whitehall. A big thanks to Ben Martin who gave me a tour of his childhood stomping grounds of the form... (more)

The Tropicana Juice train has just begun it’s long journey back to Florida with a train of empties out of the Bayonne terminal. After crossing Newark Bay, the train will pass under the flight path... (more)