Eastbound train 664 approaching west siding switch North Dalles

Susquehanna stack train NTV-4 rolls east through Narrowsburg, New York, with D&H and B&M GP's joining an NYS&W C430.

Portland & Western (Willamette & Pacific) 2313 is about to make a splash as it approaches a large puddle in the tracks. The train is heading north on 4th Street in Harrisburg, Ore. The street runn... (more)

WSOR 3928 has a cab full of people as it makes the first run of train L243 over the recently rehabbed line to Sheboygan Falls on an absolutely gorgeous November day. This was part of an original C... (more)

CSX GP39-2 Nº4311 is a rare visitor to the Atlanta area, this EMD product of Novemeber 1974 is one of a 20 unit group that came to CSX during the 1990s. Built as RDG 3403 nee D&H 7403 to CSXT 431... (more)

An ex-BN locomotive leads the weekend Galesburg to Chicago local under the Santa Fe signal bridge at Edelstein.

Streator was an important interchange location between Santa Fe and Conrail (New York Central/Penn Central earlier) with run-through trains operating after a connecting track was constructed by 19... (more)

BNSF's Montana Division #835 local (Stanley-Williston turn) works some customers at Tioga, ND with a nice consist, including a GP60B.

In addition to using a number of former Burlington Northern SD40-2's to sort cars in the Denver Yard, the BNSF uses a number of former BN Geeps, such as 2700 (GP39-2) which appears to have had its... (more)

Blue Ridge Southern locomotives 3932, 4204 and 3943 sit idling at the railroad's Canton, NC headquarters awaiting another assignment.

CSX Local A734-09 roars Northbound through Renfore, AL. On their way back to Birmingham, AL.

Two trains and two railroads meet for a hand-off of three UNLOADED flat cars. If it seems like we've been here before, we have. Three days after Blue Ridge Southern dropped off loads of rail to th... (more)

Two trains and two railroads meet for a hand-off of three loaded flat cars. Blue Ridge Southern has just backed through downtown Sylva to the MP 47 on the western end of town. Great Smoky Mountain... (more)

Seen from above the Pigeon River in downtown Canton, Blue Ridge Southern T59 is dwarfed by the Evergreen Paper Mill as they switch the west end of Canton Yard before helping T31 put their train aw... (more)

T59, with white "extra" class light lit, sits at Balsam while the conductor sets the retainers. The downgrade for the next several miles east is very steep, upwards of 5%. This Tuesday run consist... (more)