Coming off the former Big Four onto the westbound former B&O main, this double stack is a pleasant late afternoon surprise.

Running southbound on CSX's former C&O line, this hopper train will take the connection to the former B&O main and head west. The impending thunderstorm will hold off a few for minutes.

Early morning sunrise The morning sun shines upon a pair of GP20C-ECO resting in the yard at Exhsaw between local assignments awaiting to start the day.

The less photographed west end of the Porter Remote, C.P. 483, sees CP empty ethanol 529-10 rolling under the permissive block signal on #1.

The Final Spike Anniversary train rolls over Prairie Island, past the distinctive Soo Line signals at Blackbird East.

The CPKC's intermodal train 133 arrives at the Buffalo ICTF facility in Blasdell, New York where is will be handed off to CSX for forwarding to Chicago. In the lead is one of CPKC's recently acqui... (more)

Gold in the Gloaming | With just a hint of daylight remaining in the sky, northbound CPKC intermodal train I181 crosses the Illinois River just north of Watts, OK on the evening of Saturday... (more)

Downhill At Nightfall | After meeting a northbound manifest train at the top of Rich Mountain, loaded CPKC grain train G362 descends the hill as it heads south on the cool evening of Sunday... (more)

Eagleton Evening | As the sky begins to darken over the community of Eagleton, AR on the evening of Sunday, January 26, 2025, a northbound CPKC manifest train climbs up the eastern (timetab... (more)

CP 8868 leads a westbound trio across the Trent River and past the colourful rolling hills east of Toronto.

S-Curve Stack Train | Gliding through the curves at Page, OK, northbound CPKC intermodal train I181 is coming down off the Rich Mountain grade half past noon on a cool Sunday, January 26, 2... (more)

The Long Haul | Half an hour before noon on Sunday, January 26, 2025, southbound CPKC crude oil train Q576 climbs out of Page, OK towards the summit of the Rich Mountain grade. Bound for a ... (more)

Creekside Climbing | Going up the west (timetable north) slope of the Rich Mountain grade near the community of Fogel, OK, southbound CPKC intermodal train I180 parallels the waters of Big ... (more)

Canadian Pacific 2816 (The Empress) leading the Final Spike Steam Tour through Monroe Center, Illinois

The way it used to be, SD40-2's with Canadian grain hoppers. In majestic Field, Alberta. (Tom Ellis photo)