Amtrak's "Empire Service" train #280 (Niagra Falls NY to New York NY) skirts the eastern shore of the Hudson River as it approaches Peekskill, New York, on December 29, 2011. Power for the train ... (more)
After leaving Minnesota City around 10:45, this train has not been stopped since. One westbound was tucked away at Homer, and two more at Donehower helping compensate for this trains 3 hour wait a... (more)
With their three hour wait finally over, train #280 gets rolling eastward on the River behind 4 Dash-2's. Getting tossed in the Minnesota City siding around sunrise to hold for way freight #581 wo... (more)
With 8 Soo 60's in the rebuilding program, it's my goal to get as many of the remaining ones as possible. On a great September afternoon, Soo 6029 and 6035 provide the pulling power on train #280.... (more)
ARCO Camino de Santiago from Galicia (La Coruña and Vigo) to Basque Country (Bilbao and San Sebastian) with final destiny in Hendaye (French border) it`s ready to depart from La Rua Petin town; o... (more)
"Arco" train "Camino de Santiago" - La Coruña to Bilbao and Irun.
It's been crisp morning in the upper Mississippi River valley having started well below zero. The reward is a crystal clear winter day with bright snow cover. Train 280 rolls past the Milwaukee Ro... (more)
Back For The Attack
Getting a matched pair of red SOO SD60's leading a train portends a good afternoon of fanning.
The CP makes tracks across the frozen landscape. Even though the air temp is somewhere in the single digits with a wind chill well below zero up here on the hill, I'm sitting comfortably inside m... (more)
Arco "Little train" with a solitary coach from Vigo to Bilbao (Basque Country) meet with a Train Hotel that make a Barcelona - Vigo service.
An all-Soo, all-EMD consist pulls tonnage eastward past Wisconsin farms.