Don't call it a comeback....or an SD70MAC. That is simply for reference, this (for all intents) is a piece of training equipment, ex-4507, it appears to be a "tank" or "box" car in the register t... (more)
Well...so here's what happened...the previous day, L738 (with 4720 in the power) ran out of time leaving Waycross, largely in part due to M542 getting a bad hot box in Jamestown, taking up half th... (more)
With the Clinchfield out of service, coal trains for Duke Energy's Cliffside plant take a roundabout route from Atlanta to Monroe, then westward across the Charlotte Sub to Bostic, and then south ... (more)
The crossbucks start to flash warning the arrival of southbound manifest train M515-31. A rebuilt MAC takes honors of escorting two GE locomotives (one trailing & the other in train) with 168 car... (more)
Tornados are approaching as this hopper train races north. I like that rolling terrain. Down the road we'd hear sirens in every town as we raced east to beat the line of weather. Got out of Leb... (more)
BNSF 9716 (SD70MAC) moves through the yard in Longmont, Colorado.
4715....ahhh...add 5 and we'd have had a real winner...but suffice to say, the EMDs are again making their rounds on trains across CSXT, which is a good thing. Here, southbound Waycross-Taft mixe... (more)
The winter seasons first "Nor-Eastern" rolls into the capital region as CSX 4557 roars up to the tip of the Rotterdam grade leading the M634 manifest as it rounds over Burdeck St. bound ... (more)
CXRG 303 is finally out of La Veta and is on the home stretch to Walsenburg. They were running late this day which meant darkness after La Veta Pass.
CXRG 303 has made it over the pass and is now smooth sailing into the town of La Veta.
CXRG 303 is going over La Veta Pass now with a train for the UP in Walsenburg.
CXRG 303 passes the entrance to Forbes Park as the climb up LaVeta Pass starts. Unfortunately much of the pass is inaccessible in large part to the neighborhood having security gates.
The Colorado Pacific takes off east out of Fort Garland as they prepare to run over LaVeta with cars for the UP interchange at Walsenburg.