NS delivered the FRA cars overnight to the interchange for CSX to pick up later in the morning for a run on the Bowline. I just happened to be on my way home from work and found them!
Winter has no schedule. A frozen switch causes delay and requires more than just the local's crew to thaw out. Traffic is backed up on the Conemaugh while MOW crew gets out the rosebud to melt the... (more)
Without track, we wouldn’t have any trains. Simple twin ribbons of steel laid on wooden (or concrete) ties anchored with spikes and tieplates, all locked in place with ballast. From an overpass ... (more)
This is the international border between Mexico and the United States on the old San Diego & Arizona Eastern (as snapped from a passing train traveling between Campo CA and Garcia, BC, Mexico.