Workin' on the railroad. Fixing a pull-apart on a cold January Day. Workman scoops something flammable that resembles kitty litter out of the blue barrel, spreading it along the rail where he wan... (more)

The classic CNW look on display at Union.

Tasseling corn frames the 261 as it heads to the Dells.

WSOR has the honor of pulling the Great Circus Parade train from it's home in Baraboo to Milwaukee. Here the train is crossing MX diamond in Madison. MX was CNW/MILW crossing in Lake Monona.

The CP Holiday train making like a comet rolls over the frozen Wisconsin River illuminating the nightime sky.

Soo 410 had migrated to Nahant for yard duties by this time, it stands ready before the storm with an abundance of GM-family products.

UP 844 doing what she does best...

Santa Fe Southern mixed nears Lamy from Santa Fe. The boxcars are beer empties, SFS takes inbound loads for a distributor in SF. Other outbound loads include landscaping stone.

Westbound SW Chief on the move at Chapelle. Ahead: the crossing of the Sangre de Christo range.

CIM caboose waits for another job.

The Pere Marquette makes a stop at the depot in Holland.

Viewed from the Lowell Observatory drive, above the Flagstaff Amtrak-BNSF depot environs and old US Rte. 66, a westbound vehicle train winds through town during Friday afternoon rush hour where ve... (more)

Detouring Amtrak CZ is running left handed on the CNW (account of flooding in the Upper Mississippi River Valley and associated tributaries) and is nearing Clinton, IA. Can't remember why this is... (more)

The 'blue pacific' has new meaning to me.

Grand Elk is the new player in town, taking over what remains of the NYC-PRR/PC/CR/NS operations of my youth. The train is approaching CP Gib, the switch that will lead to a connector eastward to... (more)