With a set-off in Port Reading Yard complete, Conrail JR-2 proceeds south down the Chemical Coast. An all-day snow storm which has covered the rails ahead of JR-2 is tapering off, but the heavy, ... (more)

Conrail JR-2 has a typical matched set of former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s in the lead (NS 1701 & 1705), with CSXT 2810 along for the ride down to Browns Yard. A heavy, wet snow has fallen througho... (more)

Conrail OI-16, gets under way for Browns Yard, after dropping cars off at the Port Reading Yard.

A group of Montana Rail Link locomotives are in various states of repair, being stripped for parts, or being stored in the railroad’s Livingston Shops on May 7, 2012. Up front is former Clinchfi... (more)

Santa Fe eastbound LA to Chicago train 881 is about twenty minutes into it's cross country trip passing Santa Fe Springs

Santa Fe eastbound LA to Chicago Super C ,"Worlds fastest freight" with all freshly painted power is about an hour into it's cross country trip. In late '75 Santa Fe painted five of their newer SD... (more)

Pushing on a westbound Conrail TV intermodal train are SD40-2 No. 6425 and SD40 No. 6289, passing SD45-2s Nos. 6660 and 6666 helpers on the rear of a coal train using dynamic braking to ease the h... (more)

Westbound Santa Fe tonnage is about to enter Tunnel 2 at the west end of Bealville siding near Caliente, California, on March 7, 1996. Powering the train are six EMDs: lead locomotive SD45-2 No. 5... (more)

Eastbound Long Beach, CA to New York, NY KLine stack train crossing Colorado River near Topock, AZ

Eastbound Oakland to Chicago intermodal train on SP trackage rights passing under the often photographed and soon to be replaced intermediate signal bridge near MP 377

These units are heading for being brought into the terminal by the crew. Dig that hat. Maybe someone out there can identify the gentleman.

Just having departed the North Jersey Coast Line at ESSAY OI16 rounds the big bend on the Amboy Secondary. The catenary poles are old and have been out of service for at least 30 years, but the b... (more)

On the former C&O ex-CRR unit leads an EB freight at the fabled site where the railroad once boosted WB trains over the Ohio River with simple 2-8-8-2s. Anybody miss stealth?

After dropping off cars at Port Reading Yard the conductor peers out the side window to help gauge the approach back to the rest of the train.

Conrail OI-16 pulls across the diamond at CP Ron after setting off cars in Port Reading Yard. Leading this day's train is a typical pair of former Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s, NS 1700 and CSXT 8886. ... (more)