One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, crosses the Illinois River at Beardstown. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interc... (more)

A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, passes some old elevators at Hagener. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interchang... (more)

At Jacksonville, there is this cool depot was built by the Chicago and Alton back in the days. Jacksonville was on the C&A's old Kansas City to Chicago mainline. The C&A's tracks went to the east ... (more)

A Union Pacific Officer Special runs through Rocky, Colorado as it begins the journey into the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

The daily Sioux City to Ft. Dodge local is working east pretty late today. Yesterday's L568 out of Sioux City was delayed by the UP on the joint trackage. Once released, they did no work and highb... (more)

A somewhat rare event, a pair of SD60's lead the daily Kirk Yard to Waterloo manifest west on the Dubuque Sub. The train had many issues with the ice storm that hit overnight and extra power was b... (more)

Hey, You Never Know. On the morning of Wednesday, April 24 2024, Metropolitan Transportation Authority MTA NYC Subway 1196-1200 (Bombardier, 2002-2003, R-142 option order) was traveling dow... (more)

A dash 9 pulls NS 289 west through Christiansburg, VA not far past control point Montgomery.

A former GO Transit F59, now a cab control unit, is on the end of the storage line of equipment for the Piedmont service at Raleigh.

A set of geeps that power CSX's pair of Norlina Sub locals lay over for the weekend in Raleigh next to some of NCDOT's passenger equipment.

The Savanna, IL, to Mason City, IA, K39 local, is working west on the Mason City Sub with a 10am crew out of Dubuque that won't make MC by 10 pm tonight. While the clouds sucked for the most part,... (more)

A tired old dash 8 pounds along climbing the grade out of the Des Moines River Valley on the BNSF Marceline Sub. The train is about to the top at Revere and will pickup alittle speed, trying hard ... (more)

A Pekin empty works back to the PRB on the BNSF Ottumwa Sub. The train passes this old elevator at Chillicothe in southern Iowa about 8 miles west of Ottumwa. The Des Moines River is in the backgr... (more)

The mine at Minorca isn't as busy as the other 2 mines on the Range, but trains still come and go daily from this plant. A trio of C40's chug along as they pull a train of empties from Two Harbors... (more)