CSX 8662 leads a local west through Hammond as a special B&O heritage caboose trails on an eastbound rail train.

Conrail’s SEFR-2 freight led by EMD SD50 No. 6819 passes mile 129.5 west of Chester, Massachusetts, working over the old Boston & Albany route on May 22, 1993.

CSX X580, an extra of the regularly scheduled Q580, heads north for the crew change point in Wauhatchie, passing through Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel in Two Tunnels Hill, GA. On the point is SD5... (more)

Having started its journey at Phippsburg, Colorado, Rio Grande Train 701 passes through the scenic valley near Oak Creek. The three SD50’s are bound for the Energy Mine with a train of PSCX hopper... (more)

On the shortest days of the year, the one of the last places of the day to get light on a train on the Southern Tier is on the Starrucca Viaduct. Viewed from the shadowed Delaware & Hudson Penn Di... (more)

Fifties Meeting Fifties

Two Conrail trains with two SD50’s each meet at East Penn Junction, Pennsylvania. On the far track, a westbound manifest is pulling from Allentown Yard. An ... (more)

The crew of Reading & Nothern's NRFF (North Reading Fast Freight) gets some friendly waves from some railfans, and gives one back as the train crosses the recently installed bridge over the Lehigh... (more)

Luckily for me, the rear of 172-18 has just cleared as 173-19 throttles up for the short but steep 1.00% climb out of Peachtree Creek. Anecdotally, the Conrail SD50's seemed to lead a lot of trai... (more)

Executive train with all C&NW equipment at Portola.

Executive train with all C&NW equipment on the way to San Francisco.

As four EMD's were giving their all pulling a loaded stone train up the grade in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania, the train came to a slow halt right in front of me as it stalled on the grade. The crew sh... (more)

The morning sun shines through the clouds as Buffalo & Pittsburgh X-STONE breaks the silence in Carrollton, New York with a quartet of hard working EMD's. SD50 5020 is in the lead as the train cro... (more)

After battling all kinds of switch issues and motor problems this CSX work train was able to get a decent stride in the small hamlet of Canoe, Alabama, on the CSX M&M sub. The cotton fields were s... (more)