Long before the CIC went to Gensets, they had regular geeps for power. They also went to Iowa City to deliver to the IAIS via the Hills Line. Nowadays all that has changed, as the IAIS uses the Ce... (more)

With a new BNSF crew onboard, this loaded sand train takes off from Creston in southern Iowa. Traffic around Creston was a little backed up with eastbound traffic coming in from Lincoln. With ever... (more)

The northbound St. Paul freight train works along the Mississippi River on a nice fall day. The train is approaching Lansing near MP 124.

The Willow Springs, IL, to San Bernardino, CA, Z train meets the 1st peak of sunlight at Floyd on the Marceline Sub. This Z and 1 other Z were the only trains not delayed in the first 4 hours of t... (more)

As an empty grain train heads east in the background, a loaded coal train makings its way over the MRL crosses the Yellowstone River as it rolls into Livingston, Montana. The train will stop here ... (more)

Fresh pellet steam wisps off of the loaded taconite cars as Canadian National's U717 snakes its way out of the departure tracks at the Fairlane Taconite Plant in Forbes, Minnesota. A trio of class... (more)

This San Bernardino, CA, Z train crosses the 4,082-foot-long Missouri Bridge on the Marceline Sub near Sibley. Only 2 single-track places exist on the Southern transcon still, and both are bridges... (more)

This San Bernardino, CA, Z train crosses the 4,082-foot-long Missouri Bridge on the Marceline Sub near Sibley. Only 2 single-track places exist on the Southern transcon still, and both are bridges... (more)

Once Santa Fe cantilever and overhead signal bridges littered the Marceline Sub between Fort Madison and Eton, MO, like what was once here. Nowadays standard GE power and new signals have really k... (more)

Once Santa Fe cantilever and overhead signal bridges littered the Marceline Sub between Fort Madison and Eton, MO, like what was once here. Nowadays standard GE power and new signals have really k... (more)

Hai Van Pass, or 'Ocean Cloud Pass', is a journey truly destined to be experienced by rail. This 21 km stretch of the Annamite Range creates a dramatic, mist-shrouded limestone barrier between the... (more)

CSX L017-09 has finished up working in the Hunts Point Market, and is now making its way to Rings End in Darien, CT with three loaded centerbeams. Behind the #6234 is CSXT Caboose #900436.

Siemens "Vectron" 6193 # 818 of Beacon Rail Leasing, rented to LTE, pulls the about 8 hours late loaded tank car train 40799 from Grosskorbetha via Basel-Bözberg-Regensdorf to the fuel depot Rüm... (more)

Siemens "Vectron XLoad" 193 # 454 of SBB Cargo International, rented from SüdLeasing, pulls the southbound intermodal train 40241 from Antwerpen Oderen/Belgium via Gotthard Base Tunnel-Luino to G... (more)

Siemens "Vectron" 193 # 055 of SBB Cargo, rented from LokRoll3, pulls the southbound freight train 60185 from Basel shunting yard via Gotthard and Ceneri Base Tunnels to Chiasso shunting... (more)