Norfolk Southern Wabtec/RELCO MOW 992801MW sits at Chattanooga Tn after arriving on train 167.

Eastbound Climbing St. Paul Pass east of Avery

The Big Hill 2.4% A shiny new CPKC locomotive leads an eastbound stack train up the 2.4% section of Canadian Pacific's original "Big Hill" at first light. The original line reached a stag... (more)

Day two of PA led runs on the Delaware Lackawanna. 190 looks great.

Rock Island E8's 652 and 655 leads the daily inter-city Quad Cities Rocket at Blue Island, Illinois on May 12, 1973. The railroad initially declined to hand passenger operations over to Amtra... (more)

The Blue Train behind two Class 20Es.

The first 10 of a total of 80 Class 20Es were built in China by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company in 2013, the rest were built locally. Only 20-0... (more)

OCS with a PA leading, day 2. C420 replaces the RS-3 as there were issues MU ing.

Class A 3/5 steam locomotive number 705 has come from shead on the turntable. As the locomotived has been turned, the class C 5/6 2978 steam locomotive puffs with type Xrot snow plough.

In Minot on a pleasant day (!) I caught the "Empire Builder" but I've forgotten which direction it was going. An even better catch was a visit to the tower at the SOO line crossing.

The sun is just starting to rise. The past and present power of the WNYP.

Amtrak KP-701 has entered onto the Norfolk Southern Reybold Secondary at DAVIS interlocking in Newark, DE. They are towing two Amtrak Acela High Speed Power Cars (HSPCs) to the Bear Car shop.

Westbound passing Sinking Spring, PA.

Colorado Pacific Rio Grande CXRG SD70MAC #303 leads the Walsenburg turn back west to Alamosa as they pass through Fort Garland, CO.

The "Coast Daylight" is departing for it's run down the coast.

Coming down into the sunrise, one of UP's older engines (actually built in 1994 at C&NW 8695) still pilots hotshots such as this eastbound passing through Borie. The Borie Cutoff line is visible b... (more)