NIRC #4 with three bi-levels at Burr Oak Yard in Blue Island, IL.

The Salamanca-Machias-West Valley local switches at Ashford Junction to get the empty hoppers right to go to Machias. I dropped the SIRI and headed this way just in time to beat the train to this... (more)

An Indiana Harbor Belt freight train rolls underneath the old Rock Island overpass, now owned and run by Metra and used by Iowa Interstate Railroad, at Blue Island, Illinois, on a rainy October 10... (more)

Beech Mountain SW 1500 ex CSX 1118 has brought a second cut of loads from the loadout, run around its train and shoved them to the interchange with the A&O. The next day another load of WV coal w... (more)

Polar Autumn. Morristown & Erie SW1500 no. 20 (EMD, 1966) is seen heading west with the day's first Polar Express train, passing freight and passenger equipment parked on the sidings at... (more)

A nice mix of blue four-axle power has gathered outside the Selkirk diesel shop. All of the units wear the standard Conrail paint scheme, even though "Conrail Quality" painted units had... (more)

Four Conrail SW1500s gather at Port Newark Yard on a quiet weekend. Units on hand include 9541 in Conrail Quality paint, 9582, 9573 and 9525.

IHB 1524 is seen coming off the Hammond Connection to the SC&S River Line after departing from Burnham Yard in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the south side of Chicago.

IHB 1501 is seen shuffling around some cars at Osborn Yard.

IHB 1512 takes 3 cars across Bridge 631 for Whiting Yard.

CBFX 1595 leads a Iowa Southern train on the outskirts of Albia, as it heads south.

Ex CSX SW 1500 leads a strings of loads from the load out at star bridge over the upper submarine bridge toward Alexander. These loads will then be taken by the A&O, and handed off to CSX.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad's #1083 (SW1500) pulls a cut of gondolas full of scrap metal to the pickup area where the BNSF will take to the Denver Yard.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW1500 runs light across a busy road in the area known as the Stockyards.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad tracks run adjacent to a heavily traveled road, making it a tight squeeze at times between trucks and the train.