Passing the Mt. Hope Fire/EMS Station, a pair of R.J. Corman tunnel motors run light toward their home base at Harvey. Moments ago, they cut off of the loaded train they assisted out of Pax upgrad... (more)

Passing the Pax Branch Baptist Church, both R.J. Corman tunnel motors have successfully shoved 70 loads over the grade leaving Pax, enroute to Thurmond to interchange with CSX.

Shoving 70 car loads of coal toward Mt. Hope, a pair of R.J. Corman tunnel motors assist two CSX GE's on the head end. Once making it over the summit, the train will glide downhill into Mt. Hope, ... (more)

Struggling up grade near Pax, a pair of AC4400's lead 70 cars toward Mt. Hope on the RJ Corman Loup Branch Creek.

Passing the Pax Branch Baptist Church, two CSX AC's return to the loadout at Pax to retrieve 70 loads of coal before departing toward the CSX interchange at Thurmond. The engines have just set out... (more)

After encountering engines problems earlier in the morning at Handley, CSXT 324 leads a Newport News destined U164 by the post WWII built C&O Prince Station. As part of the 1942 vision by then Che... (more)

A pair of Geeps in fresh horse head paint lead an eastbound work train over the Susquehanna River on the Pittsburgh Line toward Harrisburg.

Westbound across the Rockville Bridge, an Enola bound manifest crosses the Susquehanna as seen from the lawn of the Bridgeview Bed & Breakfast.

Illuminated by a full moon, an intermodal train from Altoona passes over the impressive Rockville Bridge, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Photo taken from the river bank of the Bridgeview Bed ... (more)

Eastbound on the Pittsburgh line in beautiful afternoon light, an intermodal crosses over the Pennsylvania Railroad stone bridge at Duncannon, nearly completing their afternoon crew run from Altoo... (more)

Westbound on the PRR Pittsburgh line, an Altoona bound mixed freight rumbles through Oliver Township, on the heels of an intermodal.

Arriving in Enola from Altoona, a manifest train catches the first sun of the morning, southbound on the Port Road Branch. The train will be recrewed in Enola before continuing southeast toward Ba... (more)

Protecting the junction of the original Huntington & Broad Top Mountain Railroad (H&BTM) connecting to the PRR mainline at Huntingdon, this uniquely designed PRR CPL signal stands, slowly being ca... (more)

Passing the restored PRR Tower at Huntingdon, a westbound Altoona destined intermodal train kicks up snow on its afternoon commute from Harrisburg west.

With a wet snow falling, leaving behind a light dusting, an eastbound manifest passes Alto Tower, one of the last remaining interlocking towers on the Norfolk Southern system. New signals are inst... (more)

Rounding the bend, a westbound Hinton destined empty train observes a clear signal and maintains track speed, silhouetting a classic piece of C&O infrastructure. The crew has nearly completed thei... (more)

Another day comes to a close on the West Slope of Norfolk Southern's Pittsburgh Line as a full moon rises in the eastern sky.

Action on the Pittsburgh line! A westbound stack train glides through Summerhill, while an eastbound manifest struggles upgrade in the last light of the evening. Meets like this are incredibly com... (more)

Eastbound on the Pittsburgh Line at Lilly, a PPLX loaded coal train grinds uphill, with the assistance of two SD40E's.

A quartet of Altoona built SD40E's assist an eastbound coal train over the West Slope of the PRR Pittsburgh Line on a beautiful and surprisingly mild February afternoon.

In the afternoon light on a beautiful winter day in Cassandra, westbound NS 37A makes its journey over the West Slope toward Pittsburgh.

Leaning into the sharp curve at South Fork, Amtrak's eastbound Pennsylvanian makes good time over the busy Pittsburgh Line.

After snow showers moved over the West Slope earlier in the day, the skies are beginning to clear, leaving behind a low valley fog in Altoona. The manned Alto Tower stands tall, with an operator s... (more)

Twilight at Summerhill.. An eastbound intermodal illuminates the PRR signal bridge at Summerhill as it grinds up grade along the West Slope.

Timeless.. A full moon has just dipped below the horizon and the eastern skies are beginning to show some color during this brief period after moonset and before sunrise. A star filled sky and com... (more)

After receiving their weekly servicing at the Cresson locomotive shops, a sextet of SD80MAC's run light toward South Fork in the late afternoon. Norfolk Southern acquired only 17 SD80MAC's from th... (more)

The class leader for the Altoona rebuilt SD40E's assists a westbound 11T over a distinctive Pennsylvanian stone bridge. At this point, the SD40E's are in dynamic braking after successfully pushing... (more)

Amtrak 04T, the eastbound Pennsylvanian knocks down the PRR CPL at Summerhill on its eastward AM trek over the West Slope.

It's a still and frigid morning along the Susquehanna River as a westbound Altoona destined trash train crosses over the impressive Rockville Bridge into Marysville.

Light power from South Fork has made an unusual move east to MO with six light units and is now seen pictured above, returning west toward SO with NS 7203 in the trail.

An eastbound stack train from Pittsburgh struggles uphill at Lilly enroute to Altoona, eastbound on the former PRR Pittsburgh Line. A snow squall has left a quick dusting of snow on the ground, ma... (more)

After coming off the former B&O Mountain Subdivision from Grafton earlier in the day, CSX U833 charges eastbound out of Cumberland Terminal through the well photographed Mexico interlocking. While... (more)

Eastbound at 'Bud Board', CSX Q358 leans into the S curve through the Narrows. The Cumberland destined manifest has just completed her trip over Sand Patch and will soon terminate at the large B&O... (more)

Westbound at track speed, BNSF 7399 leads a Z train down Tehachapi Pass into Bakersfield. The vintage Southern Pacific code line is still in use, with the SP Searchlights still guiding trains over... (more)

Westbound on the B&O mainline to Cumberland, CSXT 60 leads a manifest toward Cumerland, passing the impressive Martinsburg Transportation Center, actively serviced by Amtrak and MARC. Martinsburg ... (more)

Southbound on the Shenandoah line, NS 2582 leads a complete train set of brand new system grain hoppers. The CPL's are on borrowed time in this region, with many signal replacement projects active... (more)

Morning on the B&O.. A Brunswick destined manifest streaks away into the morning sun just east of Martinsburg. After traveling from Cumberland under moonlit skies, this crew is less than an hour f... (more)

With a steady light rain falling, MARC 22 idles at the Harpers Ferry Station stop, on its second to last station stop of the evening.

Southbound on Amtrak's Pacific Surfline, a San Diego Coaster has just made its daily station stop at Solana Beach, now enroute to Sorrento Valley and Old Town in San Diego through the wealthy comm... (more)

Leading a manifest from San Bernardino, a quartet of UP six axles have just made it to Cajon Summit and will soon be in dynamics down the Pass toward Victorville and Dagget.

Catching the morning sun, just south of Summit, a Long Beach intermodal train in full dynamics traverses the famous Cajon Pass. Snow covered mountains and a morning fog add some depth and detail t... (more)

Gliding downhill in dynamics, a baretable train negotiates the scenic and famous Cajon Pass into Los Angeles from Victorville.

After an afternoon of high thin cirrus clouds, the sun is just moments from setting, resting above the high desert horizon as BNSF 5027 west leads a stack train toward Barstow along the BNSF Trans... (more)

Adjacent to Historic Route 66, a westbound Z train led by a quartet of BNSF widecabs struggles upgrade at Ibis, nearing the summit at Goffs. Once successfully making it over one of the most signif... (more)

Drifting into the desert at track speed, the DPU's of a westbound intermodal train catch the last color of the evening sunset, made perfect by the clouds on an approaching storm front.

Thick clouds ahead of a storm front resulted in diffused light for much of the day, though a partial clearing near sunset and the low sun angle resulted in an incredible series of colors near the ... (more)

Leaning into the super elevated curves along the BNSF Transcon east of Ludlow, a Needles bound intermodal train sports a reasonably clean C4 on the point.

A westbound intermodal destined for Barstow and Los Angeles makes track speed over the BNSF Transcon near Ash Hill, westbound on the Needles Subdivision.

The sun has just climbed over the horizon on a brisk 27 degree morning in the Mojave Desert, west of Ludlow. A westbound BNSF baretable train has broken the silence, as it catches the first light ... (more)

Humming through the desert at an impressive track speed of 50MPH, an exceptionally clean Warbonnet GP60M and three rebuilt BNSF SD45-2's have nearly completed their eastbound trip from Boron to Ba... (more)

Passing through one of the few green fields along the Mojave Desert, the Boron-Barstow local has nearly completed its eastward run from Boron.

Leading the Boron-Barstow local, a classy and exceptionally clean GP60M has just departed from the Borax Facility, a large complex and mine specializing in the handling of Borax and other minerals... (more)

Climbing Tehachapi Pass through the famous 'Tehachapi Loop', this UP Z train has nearly completed its climb over the pass, nearing the summit in the town of Tehachapi, less than 10 miles from here... (more)

Emerging from Tunnel 3, an eastbound Z train works up the steep climb over Tehachapi Pass at Bealville along UP's Mojave Subdivision. After successfully crossing the Pass and making it to Barstow,... (more)

Looking into Caliente from track level along the Pass, BNSF 5398 west meets an eastbound Z 'in the hole'. The Z will soon receive a signal eastbound and will begin the trek over one of the most un... (more)

Descending off of Tehachapi Pass into Caliente in full dynamics, this Bakersfield bound manifest catches the early morning sun on its crew run from Barstow to Bakersfield.

After successfully winding through the loops at Tehachapi and the numerous horse shoe configurations into Caliente, a westbound UP manifest passes the increasingly fading searchlight signals. The ... (more)

Along the high desert, an eastbound Z train with the standard consist of a quartet of BNSF GE's operates at track speed over the beginning of the Tehachapi Pass. The train will soon begin the scen... (more)

Passing under the former SP Searchlights at 'Sandcut', an eastbound Z train makes track speed near Bena. It'll soon begins its climb over Tehachapi Pass before descending into Barstow and essentia... (more)

Passing the classy ATSF Searchlights at Sandcut, a westbound Bakersfield destined manifest operates at track speed after successfully making it over Tehachapi Pass.

The conductor of an eastbound high priority Z train prepares to give a rollby to a westbound manifest that has just successfully made it off of Tehachapi Pass. The eastbound Z will soon receive a ... (more)

Waiting for opposing traffic to clear the single main over Tehachapi Pass, an eastbound high priority Z train waits near Sandcut, east of Bakersfield.

Climbing over Tehachapi Pass, a UP baretable train from Northern California will soon climb its way into the famous Tehachapi loop, east of Bakersfield along the Mojave Subdivision.

Snaking over Tehachapi Pass in late afternoon light, a quartet of BNSF widecabs lead a Q train toward Barstow, eastbound on UP's Mojave Subdivision.