A very early Conrail mixed freight descends the mountain grade east towards Altoona as a westbound train with helpers climbs upgrade in the distance.

The mid eighties was a colorful time for CSX made of various roads and you never knew what might be leading a train. On this day a trio of Chessie painted SD's lead a northbound out of Louisville ... (more)

Right behind the Red Baron on the previous train, CNJ SD40 3066 in the standard blue paint leads a train off the CNJ and onto the Reading toward Philadelphia. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

My father and I were spending the morning at the Bound Brook station when this westbound with the "Red Baron" leading passed through. We raced out to Bridgewater to photograph the train... (more)

CN train #340 had some issues and stalled climbing out of the Mississippi River Valley east of Savanna. So a BNSF Northtown to Chicago train had to cut their power and push the train up the grade.... (more)

UP SD40 3096 and SD40-2 3569

No doubt where this photo was taken on the former T&P near Van Horn in wild West TX westbound heading for El Paso.

A trio of six motors lead a westbound freight as it accelerates after changing crews in Jefferson City, MO.

Approaching Sullivan’s Curve, a 123-car westbound Southern Pacific manifest climbs Cajon Pass on the Palmdale Cutoff.

CSX Q682 heads north towards Nashville at La Vergne, Tennessee with a dynamic EMD consist seen throttling up in the low evening light of a crisp winter day. (Slide Scan)

A westbound train on the Modoc Line departs Alturas for Klamath Falls, Oregon. The train is coming off the alignment of the Nevada-California-Oregon narrow gauge and entering the grade of the Modo... (more)

A SD40 that was built for the N&W in May 1966 leads NS 114 west by New Albany Indiana.

On April 11, 1998, the IMRL put on a new local job that ran from Mason City to Marquette and back the next day. I was award the conductor on the 954 local when it started in 98. Over the years the... (more)

Early in the 2000's the black IC power still roam Iowa pretty hot and heavy, especially west of Waterloo. The unwritten rule was to keep the newer bigger CN type power between Chicago and Waterloo... (more)

A westbound drag on the Modoc Line pounds the BN diamond at Stronghold on a spring afternoon. The Modoc's primary purpose was to move Oregon forest products east. Westbounds on the Modoc were pr... (more)