I recently came across my father's old train log book, which he wrote at the age of 11 in 1948. He talked about going from Detroit to Collingswood, NJ to visit his great uncle, Robert F. Mckee, w... (more)

Lots of color at the west end of the BNSF Belen yard as Ferromex power waits to back into the diesel service area. Ex Santa Fe 1608 is switching cars, while BNSF 7927 east come around the corner ... (more)

Grand Truck Western 4910 leads CN 9624 out of the CN yard.

The brakeman on the CSX 2666 gives a roll-by on the CSX 934 north as the CSX 6897 fuel tank is filled.

Union Pacific 3985 puts on an impressive display as it does a photo runby. This was the infamous trip in which the coal burning 3985 set a lot of brush fires, which led the Union Pacific to change... (more)

BNSF 5034 leads an eastbound doublestack out of the confines of Abo Canyon as it approaches the siding at Scholle.

CSX 7136, which is a former Conrail unit, has seen better days, and it appears some parts have been "removed", as it sits in the NRE storage yard in Waycross, Georgia. Photo taken with ... (more)

UP 4112 crests Clayton Mountain summit with a westbound autorack & doublestack, deep in the heart of Texas.

The Chicago Central logo slowly deteriorates on the side of the 8190. This GP10 has been stored in Waycross for a long time, and the elements are taking their toll. Photo taken with permission.

FEC train 109 heads south on the main line at Pineda on a clear Florida morning.

The Norfolk & Western logo on an old boxcar in Rural Hall, North Carolina.

FEC train 202 has taken the siding in Palm Bay in order to meet the intermodal hotshot FEC 101, which is bound for Miami. Today, seeing these FEC SD40-2s in the old UP style paint is getting hard... (more)

A westbound mixed manifest, led by BN 8087, rolls through the small farming community of Haigler, which is located near the Nebraska - Kansas - Colorado border.

A westbound BN train, led by 8163, has stopped at the Cottonwood Creek bridge in Deer Lodge, Montana. Included in the interesting consist is BN 6761, 1709, 1819, 1717, 1758, and 8173. The buildi... (more)

It is not very often that a Kansas City Southern de Mexico makes it's way to Jacksonville, Florida. The train is waiting to pick up a crew member before heading north with a long freight train ou... (more)