North Yard. A variety of equipment is seen at Union Pacific Railroad's North Yard as SD70 no. 8463 meanders through with two other remote control locomotives.

UP 5751 & 8037 eastbound with a stack train.

UP 6416 & 5647 power an eastbound grain train.

CP 8888 leads train 100 east along the Bow River near Exshaw, AB. I always make sure I bring my tall rubber boots when I go railfanning. On this particular day they definitely came in handy. To ge... (more)

Passing King Cole Bean Company. 1899 was the founding year of Genesse and Wyoming Railroad. This freshly painted GE bears the same number and was coupled with fresh EMD numbered 125 to honor the ... (more)

Siemens "Vectron" 193 # 655 (X4E # 655) of the Beacon Rail Leasing, and 193 # 833 of the BoxXpress in multiple control, both rented to TXLogistik, pull the about 1065 ton southbound inte... (more)

Back in 1993, the Cedar River flooded out the CNW mainline around Cedar Rapids. Mainline trains ended up making the slow trek thru downtown Cedar Rapids for a few days. Later this day, the trains ... (more)

Today a 2x1 DP-d 338 fights the 30mph wind as they make their way towards Chicago and Kirk Yard. Here the train slows as they climb Big Raymond Hill outside of Raymond with almost 16,000 tons of t... (more)

For a long time, the CN in Iowa looked a lot like this. Especially west of Waterloo, big power didn't roam much, and it would normally be on unit trains only. With that, SD40's own the railroad. ... (more)

NYCT On NJT. New York Container Terminal’s CLCX 2058 (Process Locomotive PL1500-4RS) was returning to the NYCT at Howland Hook in Staten Island, New York from the Morristown & Erie Railwa... (more)

This Indiana Southern coal train is about to finish loading a coal at the Bear Run Mine. This mine is located outside of Dugger on the INRD. According to the web, the mine produced 6.7 million ton... (more)

Alco twins pair from Krishnarajapuram WDG3a headed by #13285 rolls down the scenic Shindawane ghats.

40 Years Ago This Weekend!

Bringing up the rear of the World's Fair Daylight, a 13-car train of privately-owned passenger cars – all painted in Daylight re... (more)

Just after sunset, the World's Fair Daylight, a 13-car train pulled by former Southern Pacific GS-4 class 4-8-4 steam locomotive 4449, crosses over Fresno's Belmont Avenue. The train will ... (more)

The new veterans unit AGR 4423 leading NS 070 heading to Kimbrough from Mobile.