An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal train is about to end its journey from the west as it approaches Corwith Yard on August 30, 1986. In the background is the Crawford Generating Station, a coal-fire... (more)

Conrail ME-84 returns from Oak Island with 32 cars for Metuchen Yard. The train is in the process of crossing over from 3 to 2 track and will ultimately cross over from 1 to 0 track at Lincoln in... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe piggyback train flies over Canyon Diablo Bridge at Canyon Diablo, Arizona, on April 19, 1990. Powering the intermodal train are EMD’s SD45-2 No. 5849, SD40-2 No. 5076 and F4... (more)

The New Years Eve 2016 edition of OI-16 ran a bit earlier than usual, allowing for this slightly different angle of the train heading south after working Port Reading Yard.

Conrail SA-42 crosses the Raritan River on NJ Transit's River Draw. A pair of former Conrail SD45-2s leads a lengthy consist to Browns Yard in Sayreville. The lead unit has since been retired by... (more)

ATSF freight descending the Loop

An unusual A-B-A consist marches an intermodal train west of the Chilly Sub. Solid sets of blue and yellows were on the way out in 1996, replaced by Superfleet and beginning of the BNSF orange era... (more)

The annual 'Wintergreen Special' lays over on the wye at Blossburg, with some Erie Lackawanna heritage as the power for this years trip.

The locomotives have changed, the paint jobs have changed, the railroad has changed. And the shops in the back ground that rebuilt the Santa Fe fleet are now gone.

For awhile the Santa Fe/BNSF ran a coal train from New Mexico to Chicago. These trains started in September 1992 and ran from the York Canyon Mine in New Mexico via Raton Pass, to the C&NW at McCo... (more)

A westbound hotshot out of Chicago blast thru crossovers at GI on the west side of Galesburg. The train is working across the Chilly Sub towards the next crew change point at Ft. Madison, IA. The ... (more)

EL 1700 leads Conrail OI-16 down the Garden State Secondary. I was home on break from college for a few days, and lucked out as 1700 arrived in NJ just a few days prior, and ended up leading OI-1... (more)

OI-16 shoves into Port Reading Yard with EL 1700 leading.

During a visit to Fayette County for work, I was able to spend some time checking out the railroads around Lexington, including the NS CNO&TP 1st District mainline, and the ex-L&N Old Road now ope... (more)

For awhile the Santa Fe/BNSF ran a coal train from New Mexico to Chicago. These trains started in September 1992 and ran from the York Canyon Mine in New Mexico via Raton Pass, to the C&NW at McCo... (more)