Western & Northern Visitors

CSX oil trains on the River Sub division have been known to sport some pretty wild consists since they began running. This particular oil train was ... (more)

"Southern Belle in Belle Meade"

Kansas City Southern meets the Reading in this photo as a KCS Southern Belle leads CSX K042 past the ex-Reading station in Belle Meade, NJ.

My last shot of a fine day of rail fanning.

I was finally able to get a shot from this spot, CSX K042, loaded oil for philly, with a duo of BNSF units, including a EMD SD70ACe leading the way south.

A BNSF-powered crude oil train crosses Doodletown Bight trestle with the Bear Mountain Bridge providing a backdrop. Unfortunately there wasn't much fall color to be found in this part of the Huds... (more)

A new BNSF SD70ACe and a CP AC44CW pull loaded crude oil train K042 down the CSXT Trenton Subdivision on its way to Philadelphia, where it will terminate.

The Erie heritage unit trails on a loaded oil train bound for Philly as it rolls through the Mohawk Valley.

Today I made one last trip up to the Selkirk Branch before school starts again, & We picked the right day. It may have been a little hot, but the trains were great. No clouds, 90 degrees, and heav... (more)

A pathetic looking warbonnet leads a run through oil train on the CSX Cleveland Short Line Sub just a half hour after sunrise, as it paces a Norfolk Southern oil train running on the NS Chicago Li... (more)

A Real Heritage Unit! Santa Fe (BNSF) 694 Leads Loaded Oil Train Toward Philly With Two Blue Bird AC44CWs Trailing, Train Is Coming Through Fonda Making Some Noise.

What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: Hoping for a K train and....

In this modern era of run through and shared power you never know what combination of motors you might see. Here a BNSF leader with help from 2 Norfolk Southern locomotives power an eastbound CSX... (more)

"Ex. Warbonnet"