A look at the NRE in Silvis, IL shows just a small percentage of the engines they have waiting for their demise. It's hard to imagine the thousands of crews who have spent hours upon hours inside ... (more)

Rochester and Southern train GW-1 eases its way south out of Brooks Ave yard as it passes a powerline crew stringing up wire on the new power lines.

A CSX Collinwood Yard job works a pleasant Halloween afternoon.

Rochester & Southern train GW-1 accelerates as it rounds the curve at the Sheffer Road grade crossing with BPRR EMD SD40M-2 number 3063 leading the train.

After waiting for almost an hour at the Ballantyne road crossing for MOW crews to clear up, Rochester & Southern train GW-1 passes through the opening in the trees at Krenzer Road in Scottsville, ... (more)

The Batesville North Local passes through the tight foliage surrounding the tracks as they make the journey to Cotter.

Rochester and Southern train GW-1 has BPRR EMD SD40M-2 number 3064 leading as it hauls the salt train past an abandoned elevator in Caledonia, NY.

RS-1 has now made it to its destination of Silver Springs and is pulling east on the siding to back its train into the Norfolk Southern yard. The buildings on the right of the frame are the Morton... (more)

Rochester and Southern train RS-1 is working hard upgrade as it approaches the Pavillion Center Road crossing in Pavillion, NY on a hot summer day. Normally a nocturnal run, the R&S ran in the day... (more)

The deadlines east of the shop at NRE are thinning, but there are still some need engines to see: Built as an SD45 as CNW 913, it was sold and rebuilt as an SD40M-2 as SP 8670. At the merger, UP p... (more)

WN job L2 rolls north past the mothballed Chippewa Sand Company facility in New Auburn. All of the assets here were put up for auction in May. While some of the other sand plants on the line have ... (more)

PGR 43 and 42 lead L2 north through Bloomer. Things are pretty slow on the WN these days. As a result, PGR 40 was recently sent back to Minnesota.