After some work at the Mechanicville yard, B&E train EDRJ (East Deerfield, MA to Rotterdam Junction, NY) enters on the main with a trio of ex-CSXT Dash-8s.
Climbing up the western side of the Tehachapi Mountains is Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Highest Priority TOFC/COFC train 7-991-07, 300-or-so miles into its journey from northern California... (more)
It's 8:25am on a Saturday morning as CR 6080 and SD60M 5527 lead an eastbound coal train into the rising sun. Although inactive since the mid-1980s, the 1899 vintage interlocking tower still remai... (more)
CFE 4033 sporting the 250 America livery leads the CFE frieght train to the IHB Riverdale Yard. The IHB cop was all over this train like stink on shit in Hammond Indiana trying to bust someone but... (more)
CFE 4033 sporting the 250 America livery leads the CFE frieght train to the IHB Riverdale Yard. The IHB cop was all over this train like stink on shit in Hammond Indiana trying to bust someone bu... (more)
Photographer unknown. From my collection.
Eastbounds could be heard for a long time as they climbed over the Arizona Divide approaching Maine, AZ. Here the 841 leads a Santa Fe GP 60, Dash9 and an NS SD40, ready to sail down the long desc... (more)
UP 9245, mated with a Conrail Dash8-40CW and another UP Dash 8, leads a westbound train of empty hoppers into North Platte, NE on a late winter afternoon. Fuji Sensia.
Conrail's Chicago Line from its namesake to Berea, OH was likely the busiest route in the East with a constant stream of commodities. The 6244 East is blowing through rural Wauseon, OH past signal... (more)
Why they called Conrail “Big Blue” - a couple Dash8-40CWs are spliced by an SD50 leading a westbound manifest out of Altoona, PA at the Brickyard Crossing on an October morning. The symbol is ... (more)
North Platte-Denver symbol MNPDEV-14 charges through Julesburg, CO. Fuji Sensia.
Getting a late afternoon start.
Headed west into the sunset.
Southbound train somewhere on the south side of the town. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.
Ex CSX on the Oasis Gondolas and ex-CSX power cross Airport Road at the South-to-West curve on the Oasis sub to the East End of Cincy.
