Brookville Equipment Company's new BL20GH looks better than I thought, almost like a U25B and an SD45 had a baby. These are in their first month of service, part of a split order for Metro-North a... (more)

Westbound Southwest Chief is on the advertised as it races through the desert at Rosario, NM. Unfortunately, both locomotives failed in Albuquerque, which was not surprising given the oil that was... (more)

The sun hasn't be up long enough to quell the gently swirling mists on a backwater of the Cuyahoga River as the morning silence is split by a westbound freight on CSX's Short Line Bridge.

A westbound auto-rack train creeps over the Lake Decatur viaduct as it waits for a slot to open in Decatur Yard. This poured concrete bridge was a classic location used for Wabash's publicity phot... (more)

A late-running westbound Texas Eagle is accelerating from its departure out of Dallas, Texas, as it crosses the Trinity River flood plain.

A westbound stack train crosses an industrial area along the Ohio River at rooftop level, as it completes its crossing of the OC Bridge.

A southbound Richmond-service train makes almost no noise as it rolls across an inlet off the Potomac River on a beautiful spring evening.

A loaded coal train cuts across the vast emptiness of the western plains.

Steel on steel at speed.

No emergency today, unless you count the vast quantities of poorly-made Chinese merchandise or poison toothpaste rushing to the Wal-Mart distribution center.

I traded my lunch to get the horse to cooperate. Horsey was happy with the deal until the train blew its horn for the crossing.

One-of-a-kind special commemorative Model Railroader boxcar at the Wisconsin & Southern shops in Horicon.

I haven't seen this paint scheme before ... East Cooper & Berkely geeps lay over at the office in Charity Church, SC. I'm thinking the EC&B went under and was taken over by the state, hence the "S... (more)

Bad day in Berea. CSX 5007 sits south of the Sprauge Road crossing, sporting a few dents and dripping diesel fuel. The mess is the result of a high-speed collision with a semi truck that became we... (more)

Brilliant low sunlight has the foliage afire as a westbound BNSF train tiptoes over the double-deck bridge at Oliver. It appears that this bridge was built to open for river traffic. I wonder how ... (more)