The Illinois Terminal heritage unit leads an empty oil train west by the old 322 signals outside of Wauseon. The replacements for these signals were already standing when this photo was taken, tho... (more)

A newer Evolution Series unit leads a former Santa Fe GE on an eastbound stack train past the leaning signals at the Yost Interlocking on the east side of Galesburg. BNSF was actively replacing th... (more)

A quartet of Wheeling SD40-2 muscle a hefty eastbound 228 by the grain elevators in Clarksfield, just east of Wheeling's Hartland Yard. The train left Bellevue with only two units and a relatively... (more)

PRR position lights frame a westbound empty tank train approaching the Georges Station Road overpass outside Greensburg, PA on the Pittsburgh Line. NS 1080 would eventually become the D&H heritage... (more)

After spending much of the day chasing Pere Marquette 1225 from Alma to Owosso, I headed over to Durand to see if there was any CN action. While there, a small group of us learned that an eastboun... (more)

CN 5241 and GTW 5844 power the daily Dubuque turn local L565 through the small village of Delaware, IA along the CN Dubuque Sub. Westbound trains at this time of day are difficult to come by on th... (more)

From the west shore of the Hudson River, a northbound Metro North train is lensed through a tree near Fort Montgomery, NY.

Three SD70MAC variants in three paints schemes lead a loaded coal train east down the BNSF Orin Sub in remote northeastern Wyoming. The lead unit was rebuilt as an upgraded version in 2015 and is ... (more)

With CSX's Howard Street Tunnel project underway, the railroad worked out an agreement with Norfolk Southern to run two pairs of trains each direction along portions of the Harrisburg Division acr... (more)

A pair of CN's unique SD40-2Ws lead road local L568 south along the former DM&IR Missabe Sub in Northern Minnesota. 568 and its counterpart 567 are the only two trains that do not follow the direc... (more)

There are three trains within this one frame! Starting at the top, we have a southbound Wisconsin & Southern freight that has just completed work in the Ackerville yard and is preparing for depart... (more)

CSX grain loads head eastbound, passing over the James River, seen from the Button's Bluff overlook north of Springwood. If you are looking for a peaceful, quiet place to watch trains, this spot i... (more)

The 82nd running of the popular CSX Santa Train was piloted by the railroad's recently released Clinchfield heritage unit, number 1902, a tribute to the primarily coal hauling railroad that instit... (more)

CN's Grand Trunk heritage unit made a surprise visit along the former Grand Trunk across Michigan on a beautiful fall day leading autoracks and stacks bound for Flat Rock. The train is seen here p... (more)

Launched in 1986, Norfolk Southern's Triple Crown service pioneered one of the most unique intermodal ventures railroading has ever seen. Known to many as 'roadrailers', the standard 53' Triple Cr... (more)