I get the trains back in the 90s weren't the 700 car monsters they are today, but crazy that they would throw 2 SD38's on at Galesburg and run a decent size train it to Northtown with no issues. T... (more)

Cumberland Mine Railroad locomotive #1 slowly pulls the empties under the loadout chute as they begin loading.

Cumberland Mine Railroad locomotive #1 pulled up and spotted and is in position ready to begin loading.

With the rear or head end of the train at the loadout now, CMYX shoves slowly on the rear of the empties as coal is loaded for another trip east.

Just Like Old Times. On a perfect afternoon in Joliet, a pair of EJ&E SD38-2's are in charge of train L521, a local freight from Kirk Yard in Gary, IN. EJ&E power rarely makes it to Joliet ... (more)

It's just like the old days as a pair of EJ&E SD38-2s lead CN L512 East down the former EJ&E Lakefront Line, approaching Kirk Yard.

It's just like the old days as a pair of EJ&E SD38-2s lead CN L512 East down the former EJ&E Lakefront Line, approaching Kirk Yard.

It's just like the old days as a pair of EJ&E SD38-2s lead CN L512 East down the former EJ&E Lakefront Line at Buffington Harbor in Gary.

It's just like the old days as a pair of EJ&E SD38-2s lead CN L512 East down the former EJ&E Lakefront Line in East Chicago.

A rare daylight run west of shops on the South Shore's new non-street running section in Michigan City heads west along 11th St with extra power in tow.

It's early on a January morning with a light dusting of snow on the ground as Cumberland Mine Railroad SD38-2 22 begins the process of loading its coal train by shoving the cars towards the loader... (more)

Southern Indiana is flat, more or less, not what the boy from Appalachia thinks of as coal country but nevertheless they produce millions of tons from pit mining and three railroads converged at ... (more)

After spending the morning loading cars with coal from the underground mine in Kirby, the Cumberland Mine Railroad is on the move east through Garards Fort, Pennsylvania, and passes along a rock c... (more)

I just so happened to hear some chatter on the radio while driving, so I decided to check it out. I'm glad I did, because a solo EJ&E unit was doing work with a few cars, preparing to take them b... (more)

Westbound through Michigan City Indiana on 11th.