Five years ago today, the second train of 2014 to run (over my territory) on the Lafayette District was NS manifest freight 15E. NS decided to close down the railroad for the New Year's holiday, s... (more)

Five years ago today, the first train of 2014 to run (over my territory) on the Lafayette District was stack train 21T. NS decided to close down the railroad for the New Year's holiday, so this tr... (more)

On a ferry move between New Haven, IN (Ft. Wayne) and St. Louis, NKP 765 with NS Heritage units 1072 (IT) and 1070 (Wabash) blasts by Signal 272.2 in Riverside, Indiana. In a few miles, the 765 wo... (more)

A single BNSF unit pops out into the sunshine as it leads eastbound Triple Crown train 256 through some vertical and horizontal curvature west of Lafayette.