On 1/18/2024, FEC unveiled their new paint scheme with locomotives 820 & 816. They have been rebuilt and had this new variant added to reflect the GrupoMexico corporate image. They plan to do th... (more)

W001 is testing from Ybor City up to Auburndale today, crossing the Yeoman & Plant City Subs at grade. This area is the latest to fall to "quiet zone" ruling, a real blow to those of us that appr... (more)

2011: "I wish that UP was leading." 2024: "I wish this train still ran here." Classic case of being grateful for the moment. SunRail was still a ways off at this point and th... (more)

W001 with its new loco assignment will spend the day testing along the A-Line between Poinciana and Winston, seen here heading north past the local landmark.

W001 with its new loco assignment has spent the day testing along the A-Line between Poinciana and Winston, now heading up towards the S-Line & Wildwood. The housing boom in Lakeland, which used ... (more)

Daily Mulberry, FL-New Orleans, LA mixed with the traditional runthru power from SP. This tradition continued into the UP years, but eventually the train routing was changed and replaced with ano... (more)

The cosmetically restored CRIP E-units were stored in Manly. I have to admit I liked the scheme the 652 wore before this restoration, but they both look amazing.

IANR company special (school reunion) is arriving in Manly and will jump on UP for a few blocks to reach their own yard. Curious how CN will utilize these trackage rights, say, to access the Twin... (more)

IANR hosted a night photo session with the two restored CRIP E-units at their yard in Manly. Funds were raised to see their return to powered status, hopefully the sale to CN will not derail this... (more)

There was a brief window in time where the unthinkable was possible. Here, the 190 has travelled across country to join other classic cab units in Spencer.

Birds fly into the blue hour as 1309 sets up at the depot.

Every visit to Chicagoland often ended along the "Racetrack" in Cicero for the last relaxing images before boarding the plane back home and almost every visit was disrupted by something ... (more)

Interchange from CSXT heads south to Bartow. The Gordonsville Spur is a very concentrated line, you won't have to chase very far, but look at those locomotives....

Annual run of the FRA train over FGAR this year began on the east end. Train ran from CSXT Pensacola to Tallahassee, then to Jacksonville the next. It really could have come out of the yard in t... (more)

123123. One of the last BV moves for 2023 is 90 empty JCH running from Winston to Two Post Yard south of Achan Junction. Power & train from B21825 that was comboed with Q60330 in Waycross. Yeah,... (more)