Tired of SBD's offerings one could find this train off the Winston Salem Southbound featuring my candidate for the ungliest paint job ever intentionally applied to a locomotive. They could have p... (more)

Circa December. Somebody must have had a soft spot for CRR as a lot of units got renumbered without having the paint jobs totally boogered up as L&N's were. The didn't last long in this number se... (more)

Northbound NS 388 is led by SD40 3194 as it passes by Parkers Lake Ky.

One wonders just how many of the empty hopper trains have passed under that bridge over the years, heading back for more coal.

Westbound mixed freight with a high & wide. We were near first to lose our CPLs. These are OK. Just wish NS would discover the economy and reliability of LEDs. Oh yeah, you can see them too!

Icicles and snow adorn a set of power adjacent to the sand tower while a GP39V sits on an adjacent track.

CNW 889 slows to leave the eastbound main at the Altoona depot and will park its train in a siding to the right of the switch engine which is waiting on the eastbound main to complete switching an... (more)

CNW 889 tops the grade up from the Eau Claire River as it arrives in Altoona with an eastbound freight. The track going left from the switch serves the TOFC ramp. The train will be switched and ch... (more)

I looked to see if I had posted this before and found 869 at the same spot. No photographer noted on the slide. From my collection.

A westbound is whining down the grade heading for LA. Deep blue, footboards, no ditch lights all evidence of a different time. Photo by Robert Robl. From my collection.

Appalachian Railroading Icons Quite the eclectic lineup at Western Maryland Scenic's Ridgeley Yard. On the left is WMSR 501, a GP30 originally built for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Nowadays... (more)

BB Z631 with a speed lettered WM leader leased to the power short BB from Precision Locomotive Services seen dropping down into Clifton Forge just west of Nicelytown with 61 cars for CSX.

North end of the C&NW Itasca Yard. They are delivering interchange.

Wild Mary lives.

A Canadian National local passes through Duplainville on Canadian National's Waukesha Sub. Grand Trunk Western SD40 5944 (ex-CN 5150, originally Kansas City Southern 6627) and CN SD40-2 5381 (ex-... (more)