The deformed, twisted, kinked rails of the Napoleon, Defiance & Western Railway wait for the next train, which will not be for a while, as the train visible on the horizon has derailed, a victim o... (more)

Time has not been kind to BNSF C40-8W 910, one of six Dash 8s wasting away in storage. These units haven't powered a train in years, being some of the first units BNSF stores and the last to come ... (more)

Freshly painted CLCX S-2M 9698 sits at Cargill's elevator in Gilman, having been delivered shortly earlier on a new lease to the elevator. It's nice to see an Alco getting a new lease on life, esp... (more)

The Vermillion Valley Railroad's two F9s, SD-M, GP9Rm, GP-9, and crane "Erwin" sit inside their yard complex on a chilly November afternoon. Where else can you see an arrangement of moti... (more)

Following a day of work replacing ties in Argentine Yard, an MW flagman walks back towards his "buggy", having removed the derail protecting the rest of the MW crew, as an SD40-2 waits t... (more)

A whole variety of power sits in the Vermilion Valley deadline, awaiting to be repaired, rebuilt or scrapped.

Ann Arbor RS-1 21, owned by the Southern Michigan Railroad, sits on an isolated piece of trackage south of Tecumseh, Michigan.

Amtrak's two Phase III heritage units lead the City of New Orleans into Champaign, with President Joe Boardman's five cars for his farewell tour of the Amtrak system tacked onto the rear.

A covered hopper coasts down the hump of Argentine Yard and into its 62-track bowl yard, as the next cars wait up the hill. Argentine Yard handles thousands of cars a day over this hump, as the la... (more)

The Del Monte Local heads back to the BNSF yard, with one of the three crewmembers protecting the train's front, riding on a lumber centerbeam bound for a nearby industry.

Two CN-painted GP38-2s, from the IC and GTW, take CN R902 back towards Champaign Yard, having spent the past few hours switching the local industries on the spur, which required a caboose for the ... (more)

TLEW S-2 62 sits, faded and forlorn, on a spur along the now-defunct Toledo, Lake Erie & Western Railway. Having previously been consumed for parts for the line's other Alcos, the switcher is now ... (more)

"Now that's a business train!" NS 956 takes the IAIS business train away from the photographer as the sun sets just outside of Bement, Illinois. As the sun dipped below the horizon, t... (more)

IC GP38-2 9602 leads Amtrak's City of New Orleans north through Champaign nine hours late, being the victim of locomotive troubles earlier in its trip.

A yard tractor passes by a cut of containers and under a huge crane in BNSF's Logistics Park Kansas City Facility, which houses eight 8,000 foot long tracks along with eight giant cranes for loadi... (more)