Denver (North Yard) to Grand Junction, CO manifest freight MNYGJ rolls west out of Gore Canyon along the Colorado River near the east end of Azure siding.

Conrail MA-80 arrives in the yard at South Plainfield on a rainy Saturday morning. This job typically runs on Saturdays to serve Marino\WARE, a steel fabricator. The pair of NS GP38-2s are in th... (more)

NJ Transit held an official unveiling of their new "dual-powered" locomotive at Newark Penn Station today. The ALP-45DP is touted as the "first of its kind in North America" (FL9 notwithstanding)... (more)

The Oquirrh mountains provide the backdrop for a westbound as it crosses the southern end of the Great Salt Lake at sunset.

Six units lead a westbound Denver to Provo, UT through the canyon on a cold but sunny morning.

In the consist of NS 13T is brand new NJT PL42AC #4011, fresh from Alstom in Hornell, NY.

A midday NJ Transit Northeast Corridor local bound for New York crosses the Passaic River on track 1 moments after departing Newark Penn Station. The impressive pair of movable bridges at DOCK i... (more)

NJ Transit GP40PH-2 4109 is seen on display in the diesel shop within the MMC. The unit was freshly painted into as-delivered Central Railroad of New Jersey solid blue and yellow paint in celebra... (more)

"We're on the ground..." It was not a good morning for NS along the Lehigh Line in New Jersey. While driving to Manville to catch 64J I heard the crew reporting the bad news over the radio... (more)

The westbound UP "dirt train" has paused at Wash (just east of Wellington, UT) to pick up a single empty hopper from the small, mostly unused yard there. I assume this was a bad order c... (more)

Sandy's Aftermath: Raritan Central has the misfortune of being located adjacent to the Raritan River and Raritan Bay. The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy deposited a large amount of debri... (more)

Freshly repainted into its classic Erie passenger colors, 833 rests outside of the Black River & Western shop in Ringoes. The familiar symbol of another fallen flag, a faded PRR keystone, can be ... (more)

UP 2768, former EL SDP45 #3668, passes through the east end of the yard at Pepper Ave.

For a brief moment in 2001 the clock was turned back as three Rio Grande SD40T-2s lead a hot Z-train westbound at Castle Gate. As an added bonus, the crew saw fit to use the gyralight.

Amtrak 600 heads north for Boston with a short three-car consist after appearing at a "launch event" at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station earlier in the day. The unit is scheduled to lead the fi... (more)