Monongahela NS 63V rolls up to Rose Yard while 260 gets moving east after a crew change.

Double or Nothing NS 25G, a hotshot intermodal to Chicago knocks down the signal at Cresson with NS 8098, the Conrail heritage unit, and NS 1069, the Virginian heritage unit.

Waking Up Cove NS HI10, the Hollidaysburg Local begins its trip south on the Cove Secondary with an ex-Conraill GP40-2 leading the way. Today, HI10 has a 6-axle passenger car for the Evere... (more)

The Cranberry MBTA GP40MC-3 #1129 makes its maiden voyage to Boston, shoving down the Dorchester Branch to Readville yard. After being rebuilt and painted into a B&M "cranberry" ... (more)

"SCV-42" A roster shot of one of VIA Rail's SCV-42 "Charger" locomotives. Over the past few years, these new diesels have debuted on the VIA Corridor routes, serving as... (more)

Factory Fresh Two Siemens Mobility products sit on the test track at their U.S. factory in Sacramento, CA. On the left is a Charger locomotive built for Canadian customer VIA. On the right... (more)

Phase VII Amtrak's Coast Starlight route seems to be the home of Phase VII-painted locomotives as of late. Leading today's southbound Starlight into San Jose is P42DC #174 and ALC-42 #349 ... (more)

Better Together Two Amtrak California SC-44 "Charger" locomotives pull Capitol Corridor train 545 towards Oakland.

Wilderness Fore River 101 returns as a light engine from the Elm St. siding, where CSX will pick up its cars. Due to bad cab signals on the 101, and the 102 being down for repairs, Fore Ri... (more)

Caboose in Cambridge On the early morning of July 29th, 2024, the Northside Work Extra shoved through Cambridge with a string of MassDOT ballast cars in tow.

Back in Beantown Since late 2023, CSX has periodically been running overnight "dirty dirt" trains of contaminated soil out of the semi-abandoned Beacon Park Yard in Allston. Afte... (more)

The Last MP15 Amtrak's fleet of work engines has been changing quite a bit lately. Newly-acquired GP38-3s have quickly replaced classic EMDs, and 537 is the last active MP15 on Amtrak's sy... (more)

An Old Goat Can Still Scream On July 23rd, 2024, Amtrak MP15DC #537 was in charge of taking the Portland Extra equipment move to Boston to drop off bad-ordered Downeaster equipment. Around... (more)

Dynamic Duo Recently, Amtrak's Downeaster has been home to a handful of commemorative locomotives, including a set with a duo of Phase III painted locomotives. Leading the way on this late... (more)

"Kodama" Kodama is the slowest tier of Shinkansen service on the Sanyo Shinkansen, and as such, it uses the oldest equipment. On the left is a 500-series train and on the left is... (more)