Brand new ET44C4 3911 leads the Q-ATGLAC6-11 as it rushes toward the National Trails Highway (formerly US-66) grade crossing just east on Ludlow, California. It is 112 degrees in the Mojave Desee... (more)

With brand new ET44C4 3911 leading Dash 9-44CW 4960, ES44DC 7452 and ES44C4 6578, the Q-ATGLAC6-11 climbs the 1.4% grade through the cut through the lava beds on Ash Hill in California’s Mojave ... (more)

Brand new ET44C4 3911 leads the Q-ATGLAC6-11 through the reverse curves at East Siberia in California’s Mojave Desert. 3911, Dash 9-44CW 4960, ES44DC 7452 and ES44C4 6578 are getting a work out... (more)

C&NW Heritage SD70ACe 1995 and SD70ACe 8324 lead UP's Fort Worth to West Colton Manifest train under Pepper Ave. Over 6,000 feet beind, trailing 76 loads, 21 empties and 8,000 tons of train, SD... (more)

With 7402 leading 7400 and 7401, Santa Fe's three B39-8s, the only three built, roll the 1-198-22, the hottest Chicago to Los Angeles train, past the A Yard. The train will continue on to Los Ang... (more)

Two of CSX’s ES44AHs, 764 and 783 sit at the “engine facility” at Rainelle, West Virginia. An ES44AH is an ES44AC that is ballasted to a greater weight for better pulling power under advers... (more)

The Wabash SD70ACe 1070 is added to the Central of New Jersey SD70ACe 1071, Monongahela heritage ES44AC 8025, Norfolk Southern Heritage ES44AC 8114, “30th Anniversary” SD70ACe 1030, and Savann... (more)

The Monongahela heritage ES44AC 8025 is added to the Norfolk Southern Heritage ES44AC 8114, SD70ACe 1030, and Savannah and Atlanta SD70ACe 1065 as crews build the “Roanoke Cut” of Heritage loc... (more)

For the second day in a row, UP’s Los Angeles to Global 1 (Chicago) domestic stack train is lead by a Heritage SD70ACe. The Missouri Pacific Heritage unit, UP 1982, led yesterday’s train. To... (more)

Returning from the trip to the Grand Canyon, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 heads west out of Barstow in the late afternoon. The engineer is whistling for Lenwood Road and has the bell ringing for the railf... (more)

A solid set of Norfolk Southern units, Dash 9-40CWs 9663 and 8999 bracketing SD70 2558, powers one of Union Pacific’s intermodal trains as it climbs past Amtrak’s North Palm Springs station. ... (more)

Led by KCS SD70ACe 4100, the power for outbound stack train S-LBLCHI1-22 has just shoved a stack car into the clear of the switch for the Pier F lead. The set will back up and the crewman on the ... (more)

AK Steel SW1500 1216 returns to the mill with a load of coke from the coking plant on the Big Sandy River. The train is traveling west along the CSX main shortly after two days of clouds and rain... (more)

As the rain of the past two days heads off to the east, AK Steel SW1001s 1224 and 1223 switch their yard adjacent to the CSX main in the bright evening sunshine.

Brand-new ES44C4s 6672 and 6673 (with 6671 and 6670 as DPU) are on their first run west, leading a stack train from Logistics Park, near Joliet, Illinois to Long Beach, California. The speed is ... (more)