This is a suprise, a CSX C40-8 shows up on a UP rack train heading to good ole St. Louis.

ALCO Safari Day 7, Delaware Lackawanna: Back to the Pocono summit now at Mt. Pocono, PO75 comes underneath the Fairview bridge with a their empty center beams from Cresco. Although not very... (more)

There's just something about the trees at Wickes that makes the location scenic. Here we wait at Wickes siding for the LSH08 to finish making its setout at Riverside. Canon 350D.

Back when she was relatively new, the MoPac Heritage unit waits for a new crew at Valmeyer on a lower priority intermodal train as the sun sits low in the sky.

Arkansas & Missouri Revisited: I had made the trip to the A&M back in 2013 when I (and everyone else) found out they would be receiving EMD SD70ACe's for use on the road trains. I knew I ha... (more)

Ummmm . . . . just a little bit of a tight clearance. Could they have planted the tree closer? Honestly. Train was CBTMR9 07.

Two terminal switchers shuffle cars around the Yard lead tracks on a beautiful July morning.

Two old birds lead a lengthy stack train on a windy evening, they are waiting for a signal to continue north.

A single BNSF SD70MAC leads a cut of cars to "Tank" Rd. where it will drop them for the A&S.

The Cuba Local, doing about 40 per, rounds the curve at Pacific where the tracks begin to head south. In about a mile the local will stop to switch a local warehouse.

Even though most of the snow is gone its still cold! Here the Federal Puller waits for the main to clear so it can run into A.O. Smith yard. Canon 350D.

Colorful Visitor: A little surprise on 681 today, the Reading unit shows up on the point, a nice change of pace. This train goes to the TCWR at St. Paul. Taken while off duty, wearing full ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: After running lite engine from Utica, the daily MA&N job grabs a handful of tanks for Sovena USA, an olive oil manufacturer. In charge today is one of GVT's snazzy ... (more)

A motley assortment of UP power on southbound MASNL 15 greets the power on a hot northbound intermodal as they pass.

Wide-angle shot of UP coal drag CFSNA 30 on the MacArthur Bridge approach.