Knoxville/Asheville train 136 works it's way eastbound along the former Southern Railway "River line" in western North Carolina, seen here crossing the French Broad River near Hot Spring... (more)

CSX Q606 has met sunset at Henderson Point, Mississippi, as the waves lap up onto the shore from the Gulf of Mexico. Fair weather and following seas dominated the day with the exception of this si... (more)

Not something you see everyday A rare SP GE U50 # 9950. The SP had only 3 of these Monsters. A lot of People thought they were ugly but I thought they were neat. This one along with Some U28C ... (more)

Near PRR's Bayview Yard, an unusual electric tractor is seen switching cars down Monument Street. This tractor was built at the Pennsy's Altoona Works, and was specifically designed to move freigh... (more)

Snow Locked Flatirons

Westbound, high out on the Flatirons above the Great Plains in full snow flock the Provo manifest swoops in and out of tunnel 2, 3, and onward to the Gr... (more)

The Big Boy, number 4014 is nearing the end of its journey home to Cheyenne, WYO at Terry Ranch. Blizzard conditions with drifts covering the right of way and just a kiss of late afternoon sun hig... (more)

Be Specific—ship “Union Pacific”
A lone horse pretty much ignores an eastbound Union Pacific stack train as it speeds through Pixley, Wyoming, on the railroad’s Pocatello Subdivision on... (more)

On a sunny afternoon, the Escalante Western arrives at the Western Fuels' Association Generating Station with 24 loads of coal. The second unit suffered a failure at the Peabody Mine and the crew ... (more)

After what seemed like turtle speed from Lincoln to Mt. Pulaski, the C788 is finally putting the hammer down through the small Central Illinois town of Latham. In the lead is UP’s Southern Pacific... (more)

N312, coal loads for Cliffside, crosses the Catawba River and Lake James just north of the Marion siding on the Blue Ridge Sub. The distinctive outline of Shortoff Mountain is in the distance.

On my way to a work related service call in upper Ellsworth, Maine, I came upon the crossing of Nicolin Road and the former MEC Calais Branch during the morning of December 4, 2020. A sign had be... (more)

Conrail’s Conway Yard was one of the hubs for its six-axle Alco Centuries assigned to drag freight service. Multiple C628’s, C630’s and C636’s can be seen in this overview of the outdoor turntable... (more)

BNSF hump operations at Tennessee Yard were on brief hiatus with the COVID-19 crisis, but have recently resumed. Here, a set of SD60Ms pushes a cut of cars over the hump, with downtown Memphis in ... (more)

Cascade Green Quartet! Coal moving over Mullan Pass behind four Cascade Green ex. Burlington Northern SD60Ms! The sound of big DC motors exploding out of Skyline Cut and over the Austin C... (more)

The Storms over Denver & Big Ten

Storms continue to leave heavy rain and hail over the suburbs of Denver and the High Plains. The evening sun brings out a rainbow and is ab... (more)