Q692 passes under the cantilever at Fords Branch, leaving Shelby Yard for Russell.

Q692 passes through the man-made Pikeville Cut Through as the fog lingers after a morning rain shower.

A helper set has just cut off an eastbound coal train and is heading back to Andover while a westbound empty train waits to follow him.

4 CSX locomotives lead train Q137 through the fog across the Ohio River in Beaver, PA.

With a large amount of clouds behind the train but a clear blue sky behind me, a 46-car long CN 528 is crossing the Lachine Canal with NS 7538, NS 1042, UP 4615 & NS 9069 for power. Very barely vi... (more)

The CSX Erie yard job pulls a cut of locomotive trucks and locomotives from the GE Transportation interchange. These locomotives are bound for export to Angola.

Locomotives:
CSX 5288 ES... (more)

CSX intermodal Q161 heads west, meeting eastbound garbage train Q634 in Erie.

Locomotives:
CSX 5297 ES40DC
CSX 84 AC44CW

CSX 5343 leads Q388 east through Whiting.

Highland Brook - A CSX auto train runs north along the western shore of the Hudson River as it passes below the Highland Brook water falls. Photo taken from the opposite side of the riv... (more)

NS intermodal train 23K crosses the NKP trestle near the NY-PA state line and heads west in last light.

Locomotives:
NS 7635 ES40DC
NS 9269 C40-9W
NS 2761 SD70M-2

Getting under way after making a pick up in Westfield, Q425 is gunning it for the hill trying to get as much of a run as they can before the grade really starts, Decent size train for a sunday.

A pair of helpers on an eastbound mixed freight rolls through Keystone, PA.

NS 7591 leads a manifest freight east through downtown La Porte Indiana, at milepost 463 on the Chicago Line. Photo by Jeff Stupar.

First shot of the year has been a long time coming. A mundane double stacker charging westbound toward a crew change in Bristol. But maybe the drought is broken, so I’ll take it.