A Metra outbound blasts towards Harvard on the UP Northwest Line, which will be the furthest west the train will go before heading back to Chicago.

Via 2 lights up the hillside across the river on the CP Thompson Subdivision, while CN 843 is on the approach to Martel on the Ashcroft Subdivision.

A deadhead move of CSX's OCS trainset, recently painted into a B&O inspired scheme, makes its way west through Erie, Pennsylvania on a Wednesday morning. With three F40's on the point, the train i... (more)

CSX P001 passes over U.S. Route 50 using the former B&O bridge still strongly showing the B&O logo.

Metra 167 leads a outbound train through Arlington Heights.

Metra 162 pushes a inbound train under a old CNW signal bridge on the East side of Des Plaines.

The 80th CSX Santa Train slows to a stop in Dante, VA so Santa Claus can hand out gifts and candy to the crowd of people at the back of the train. The train is led by CSX's three executive FP40H-... (more)

The engineer of a westbound afternoon Raritan Valley Line train gives a big wave as his train meets an eastbound Conrail freight at CP Townley. The former Lehigh Valley signal bridge in the dista... (more)

Metra 163 leads a outbound train out of downtown Chicago.

Train 418 from Wachusett to North Station. One of two F40PH-2's waiting to be sent out for rebuild.The other 1071 is awaiting transit. 1072 and five coaches leaving from Track 1 due to freight ac... (more)

6401 was rebuilt into an F40PH-3.

The Church Shot. CSX 1 (F40PH-2, ex-CSX 9998, exx-OHCR 280, née-AMTK 280, F40PHR, EMD, 4/1978) passes the legendary Union Baptist Church in Dante, Virginia during The Santa Train 2022 even... (more)

The Scene In St. Paul. St. Paul, Virginia, as aways, was one of the most heavily attended stops on The Santa Train 2022. The tracks are shut down by CSX workers as the crowd surrounds Santa... (more)

Copper Creek Crossing. CSX 1 (F40PH-2, ex-CSX 9998, exx-OHCR 280, née-AMTK 280, F40PHR, EMD, 4/1978) led "The Santa Train" consist over Copper Creek in Duffield, Virginia on Saturday, Nove... (more)

Up And Out Early. The return of "The Santa Train" for 2022 was greeted with the CSX Office Car Train in its Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) tribute paint for the first time. There... (more)