Yes, the dirt really is that red as three Dash 9s lead a Cosco train down Curtis Hill at 1259.

Westbound stacks meet eastbound racks about halfway up Curtis Hill at 1558. Trackwork on Main 2 at Waynoka was bottling up the railroad and right now there are about 5 trains in each direction ba... (more)

The 516 and 216 lead today's "Enemy" past Leeds Jct.'s awesome MEC searchlight mast, complete with doll arm, at 1118.

Three ubiquitous Dash 9s pull a JB Hunt P-train out of the sag at Lugo and make a final pull for the summit at 1556. The westbound had been stuck a while just east of Lugo in emergency. With the... (more)

Two matched 70MACs in not-so-popular paint lead a shiny aluminum snake of COEH empties out of the siding at Vernon after meeting a Z and a P train. Time - 1939

An NS GEVO and two Dash 9s lead a P-train uphill on Main 2 at Frost at 1224.

The crew of a Houston-bound manifest nears the end of their day, about 20 miles to go to Del Rio. The train is a few miles from crossing the enormous trestle over Lake Amistad. Time was 1312.

A Q train gets moving again after a crew change at Childress. GEVO 7743 leads the charge past CB&Q 4-6-2 Mountain #501 and the historic Hotel Childress at 1137.

SD70MAC 9676 and AC GEVO 6163 stroll 128 TGNX loads through the Bolton Crown Quality complex at Harrold at 1307. Notice the coal dust being blown off the top of the hoppers as they dart east at t... (more)

Chugging uphill at a crawl on an approach signal, the Z prepares to stop at the west end of the siding, still waiting on track gangs to clear. Missed the symbol, but probably a Richmond Z.

SD38AC 202 (built 6/71) and 'SD40-3' 405 (ex-SP SD45T-2 6767, 9500, nee-SSW 9163, built 7/72) lead the MRF through Grand Lakes along Saginaw Road, while limestone loads 'radio block' right on thei... (more)

After being stuck in the hole at 'P-burg' for FIVE northbounds, BNSF 6488 South finally gets rolling again and drifts downgrade between Phillipsburg and Kenney at 1427.

Westbound (northbound) empties stretch braking toward the siding.

It's SP heritage obvious, SD40T-2 6101 (ex-SP 8378) leads today's MIJALZ west from Rosenberg with Engineer Navarro at the throttle at 1741.

WA-2 strides through Pittsfield with six loads for Cavendish Agricultural, a few miles to the east at Detroit. It doesn't get much better than seeing and hearing GP9 #77 in about the fourth notch... (more)