With a splash of fall foliage thrown in, the CSX hill helper idles away at Chaska, awaiting another coal or grain drag for the mountain.
This helper set has just been added to the end of this eastbound coal drag and is shoving hard as it begins the assault on Newberg grade.
A westbound van train runs opposite main through Berea as a fellow railfan, my father, captures the moment on his camera.
Coal train to the Port of Baltimore nears the end of its journey in the Brooklyn section of the city passing old Brooklyn tower.