A five-pack of BNSF power is firing on all cylinders to get this high-priority train to points west. FS Grain, the main feature of Ransom, Illinois, towers over the scene.
A BNSF intermodal heads west and prepares to soar over Canyon Diablo. A four pack of orange power is in charge, with an H2 Dash 9 leading the way.
A military train led by a KCS unit and a Progress Rail "banana" are in charge of a military train heading over the bridge at Canyon Diablo.
A westbound Union Pacific manifest passes the station and derelict water tower at Maricopa with two GEs leading the way elephant style.
At last light, a tanker train bound for the chemical coast traverses the bridge over the Mohawk River at Pattersonville, led by an ex-BNSF C40-8W which is now a part of Canadian National's roster.
Hotshot stacks bound for North Jersey make their way over the Mohawk River as the sun sets over the valley.
Q567 is headed west, approaching CP VO with an SD40-2 leader in charge of today's train.
A mixed consist of Norfolk Southern and Canadian National locomotives is in charge of 65E as it passes the Gerald Grain Center on the outskirts of Archbold, OH.
A trio of CSX motive power is working hard to get this mixed freight through the many grades of the Berkshires. Q424 is about to pass through State Line Tunnel, almost to the border with Massachu... (more)
A GEVO leads yard power on the point of a mixed freight beginning its westward journey on the Water Level Route.
The odd-numbered manifest train Q621 rumbles over French's Hollow Falls on its way towards Selkirk Yard.
CSX Q621 passes Lock 10 on the Erie Canal as it continues its journey to Selkirk.
An ex-CSX B40-8 is in charge of Pan Am's freight move from East Deerfield, MA to Plainville, CT as it moves at track speed through Newington.
As solid CSX lashups go, this one wasn't too bad. "Double-O Three" heads west past the NYC mast at CP 37.
Hotshot intermodal Q017 charges westward past the NYC brackets at QD 37.