In what could amount to the most over-hyped bridge opening, CP 2816, a marching band and flag team, and the Cub Scouts, along with state representatives and local politicians, all turned out for t... (more)

A Metra train sits stored at Oglivie Transportation Center with a "Stop" indicator tucked into its handrails. The people on the platform are going to see the CNW Heritage Unit. B&W mode with orang... (more)

In the last light of the day (or at least falling on the bridge/tunnel), a westbound CSX empty coal train exits the tunnel at historic Harpers Ferry.

Thank God for America, yard switchers, and homemade cable releases. The Villa Grove yard switcher finished up its duties and tied up just in time for the grand finale of Villa Grove's firew... (more)

Local traffic around Willow Springs and Lemont once warranted a yard here at the end of the Argonne Branch. However, the decline of local traffic and the building of nearby Willow Springs yard mos... (more)

The perfect house: Just outside Peoria, a beautiful view of the Illinois River out the back deck, and the Iowa Interstate running just off your front deck. Sounds like my kind of house! IAIS 721 i... (more)

A busy scene plays out near Finkl Steel, with a front-end loader (probably used for pushing scrap metal) stuck between the train and a fence, and a fork-lift trying to get by. All in a day's work ... (more)

PRR 5809 depart Altoona Station with the first excursion run of the weekend and pass through Alto Interlocking with part of downtown Altoona visible in the background.

A truck has once again managed to wedge itself under the Springfield Avenue underpass, which usually happens several times a month. This one is worse than most, though, with the trucker managing t... (more)

AMTK 946 skirts the waters of Stonington Harbor and past the many boats moored there, as it heads northbound toward Boston with a regional.

A CTA green line train makes its way down the loop, completely dwarfed by the towering skyscrapers of Chicago.

The crew of the Zearing Local is now facing the nemesis of railroading in the winter: a frozen switch. They are now attempting to de-ice the switch using a combination of brute force and heat.

Restoration is nearing completion on Southern Ry. no 401 at Monticello Railway Museum's Steam Shop. The Museum hopes to complete restoration of the consolidation by the end of this year or early n... (more)

PRR 5809 meets light power on Rockville Bridge after leaving Harrisburg an hour late.

Under a maze of catenery, two AEM-7s pull into Union Station and past a tower to possibly await the arrival of train 80, which it will power.