With 5 motors and a respectable 26 cars, the Friday 'cleanup' train rolls through downtown Woodstock, taking everything south to interchange with CSX before Christmas.

The eastbound DMVW freight throttle up climing out of a valley with Lake Taayer in the background. Due to higher than average rainfall, many of the valleys in North Dakota are filling up with wat... (more)

Hauling new JB Hunt traffic, Q121 crawls over the Cumberland River at 'South CR Drawbridge'. Despite the interlocking name, it is in fact a swing bridge and has been mis-named since L&N days. Dig ... (more)

With the Skyline of Chicago barely visible through the smoggy, humid air, a BNSF transfer traverses the Wye at Nerska moving from the BNSF to BRC. The train has come from BNSF Corwith Yard and is... (more)

A pair of Rodent-Toasters on NS 276-16, blocking my shot of the retro coal train. This is one of the few times I was not happy to see a matched set of CP power in the south.

A freshly painted unit leads Q698 from Cincinatti-Hamlet. I don't really like the YN3 scheme, but it looks sharp on freshly painted standard cab GE's.

The Nebraska Central runthrough from Fremont to Council Bluffs passes over one of the many bridges as it descends into Omaha.

3 different nose types and not a widecab in sight... transfer job P26 with high hoods and standard cabs passes a switcher while heading into Industry Yard.

Both the head end and DPU can be seen on the 2nd scheduled Roseville-West Colton manifest. Much of the train is hidden in Allard Curve, making it look much shorter than the actual 6,446' length. ... (more)

Returning to Macon, Georgia Central Y101 dips through some fruit blossoms in middle Georgia.

Doubleheader... The Iowa Traction uses two motors and two idler flatcars to switch Behr Recycling Center. The idler flats are required because there is no cantenary line inside the scrap yard.

Georgia Central rosers the largest fleet of high hood U23Bs, and they may look rough but are in good mechanical condition from what I can tell...

The daily Rapid City to Huron manifest, with a healthy train of 71 cars, crosses the Bad River on an old C&NW through truss bridge. Those are cement loads out of Rapid City directly behind the en... (more)

The daily Madison-Janesville train banks into a curve. With a GP38, SD40 and MP15, this train is a good representation of the current roster.

With a bunch of empty flat containers trailing, West Palm Beach to Fort Pierce turn 950 rolls over one of the many bridges on FEC.