On Friday April 13th, 4663 was added to the deadline in Northtown. Well it appears to be closer to its' fate this fall. The unit and another, along with 17 grain hoppers were damaged when the tre... (more)

On Friday April 13th, 4663 was added to the deadline in Northtown. Well it appears to be closer to its' fate this fall. The unit and another, along with 17 grain hoppers were damaged when the tre... (more)

Nowhere to go but up, the grade that is--to Proctor. DMIR SD40-3 begins the climb with empties in tow.

What a welcome sight! A raw ore train on the NSM with a blue NSM on the nose of the leader.

What I did on my Summer vacation: A short Sunday morning drive to Pennsylvania to get a glimpse of the last of 32 "Niagras" built for Nacionales de Mexico sitting on the New Hope & Ivyland propert... (more)

What I did on my Summer vacation: A short Sunday morning drive to see for myself, and up close the snazzy new paint on Pennsylvania Northeastern's SD40-2W. I must compliment those responsible for... (more)

What I did on my Summer vacation: A short Sunday morning drive to catch a steam engine in operation. Here the crew prepares this Consolidation for the day's excursions.

What I did on my Summer vacation: A visit to Steamtown to start. Whoever designed tiered parking garages had to have rail fans in mind.

What I did on my Summer vacation: A visit to Steamtown to start. This little ALCO is not on the job yet.

What I did on my Summer vacation: A slightly late SU-99 gets underway. Three former Oakway SD60s make up the power: 3810, 3800 and 3808. Last time I was In Minneapolis, the trio sat in a deadline... (more)

What I did on my Summer vacation: SD60s 3800 and 3808 are the latest additions to the Q. Here, along with 3810, they head off to hook up to tonight's SU-99.

What I did on my last year's Summer vacation: Catching an RS-18u interchanging with the NYLE at Gowanda. September 22-23 the town of Eden will continue their bicentennial celebration with train ri... (more)

What I did on my Summer vacation: Up early to take advantage of the low humidity. To my surprise: foreign power on the River Line. CN Dash9-44W and SD70M-2 lead an ethanol train to Port Reading.... (more)

What I did on my Summer vacation: Up early to take my dog for a ride and voila! A rare Sunday northbound.

What I did on my Summer vacation: Watching one of Selkirk's slug sets work on a beautiful Summer afternoon.