The Black Spot: While there are a few variations of the AC44C6M paint scheme, 31 of the 42 locomotives rebuilt by Wabtec/GE in Erie, PA feature a black patch around their headlights: NS 417... (more)

Amtrak 352 is arriving into their station stop in Royal Oak. Amtrak only has a pair of Wolverine service trains operating due ridership dropping after COVID 19.

Now that the auto industry has started operations back up since the industry paused operations in the spring as a result of the pandemic, business in turns also increases for the railroads. CN 384... (more)

"Giruno" highspeed train RABe 501 # 006 of the SBB is running the EC 358 from Chiasso via Lugano-Bellinzona-Arth Goldau-Lucerne-Olten to Basel SBB, entering Giubiasco from the Ceneri nor... (more)

With the new Chargers on their way to Coaster, I took yesterday afternoon off from work to try and catch some Coaster trains in San Diego. Due to COVID-19 service reductions, I knew I'd only get t... (more)

NJ Transit Train 79 was lead by 4109 (GP40PH-2, CNJ Heritage) passes through the station in Rutherford, New Jersey at 6:30 PM on Friday, June 19, 2020. The Freedom Tower in Manhattan is visible in... (more)

Alstom built highspeed tilting train RABe 503 # 012 "Ticino", coupled with ETR 610 # 010 of the SBB, is leaving the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel at Rynächt near Erstfeld at 160 km/h, ru... (more)

Long summer days and a shortened Metra schedule (due to COVID-19) have made it easier to capture the Wisconsin & Southern departing BRC's Clearing Yard in daylight. With a pair of trusty SD40-2's ... (more)

Empty coal on the FWWR heading back to Saginaw yard. BNSF stored some coal sets with the Ft Worth & Western due to COVID-19

On a cool June morning TVRM's Missionary Ridge Local train Nº 100 emerges out of out of the shadows as the engineer crack open the throttle even more on the famous 2-8-2 SR Nº 4501 taking the f... (more)

FWWR crew on board returning a empty coal. The Fort Worth & Western railroad stored a few coal train sets for BNSF after COVID-19 hit. Now they getting one empty coal set back. A BNSF crew is wait... (more)

Briefly stopping to process very few passengers en route to New Haven; ridership has plunged due to the Coronavirus. This top-ten day is almost two years to the day since the Hartford Line debuted... (more)

The signs of the time is showing as the economy is still moving at a crawl due to the Covid-19 pandemic. CSX K443-11 (Chicago,IL/CP-Lawrenceville,GA) is now under way after waiting for Q580-13 to ... (more)

The CSX Bayfront Yard in Erie, Pennsylvania has not seen any traffic since the Erie Coke plant closed in December, but is seeing some new life for car storage. With traffic levels down due to the ... (more)

After being closed to the public since March 14th due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum has returned to running public excursions. To mark the occasion, Southern 4501 ... (more)