Veteran Missabe ore cars and a classic searchlight on a clear night anytime within the last 50 years.

CSX has begun experimenting with the use of distributed power in trains on the Water Level Route. Q004 and Q003 are the first to use these DPU locomotives, and usually run with one or two locomoti... (more)

Poised in a siding, the Rutland 9194 boxcar made a rather nice backdrop in its duties as a pedestrian barrier at the Day out with Thomas events for the Fall of 2018. Any history on this active rol... (more)

BUGX 2161 stands at one of the many grain facilities located throughout the Central Valley with an unknown future as a lengthy grain train can be seen behind it - wrapping all the way around to th... (more)

On August 31, 2018, Dakota, Missouri Valley & Western’s “wayfreight” has just finished switching at Coal Creek and departs northbound onto the main line headed for the CP interchange at Max as it ... (more)

A GO Transit commuter train navigates between two Canadian National freight trains as it traverses the CN Oakville Subdivision at Bayview. ... (more)

The Williamsport-Berwick local heads west with new Chessie System boxcars built at Berwick Forge & Fabricating Corp. Within the month the last W-B local will run to Berwick and return on these rai... (more)

A 96 car string of old Missabe/DMIR ore cars are setout on a storage track at Biwabik for the winter. During the summer months, these cars are used in BFT service between the mines and Two Harbor... (more)

Loads pulled by a trio of GE Dash 8's meet empties pulled by a quad set of EMD SD40-3's on the double track section of the CN Iron Range Sub at Gilbert. With both trains moving in opposite direct... (more)

Katy switcher drill cars at its Glen Park Yard.

A CSX yard crew switches the hump bowl at CSX's Queensgate Yard in Cincinnati, one of the few remaining active humps on CSX.

Locomotives:
CSX 8452 SD40-2

A new morning brings another day of 21st century steam railroading.

CSX Lima to Cincinnati Local J783 is on duty in the yard at Lima and hard at work building their train for the trip south.

Locomotives:
CSX 3096 ES44AC
CSX 7813 C40-8W
CSX 2017 GP... (more)

As an autorack train shoved into IHB's Blue Island Yard, it didn't take long for me to notice it was no ordinary autorack. Included in the train consist was CRGX 1528, a former ATSF Alco S4. Built... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s day gas local has just arrived at Pipeline on the east side of Thompson Falls, Montana, with a short 7-car train on February 9, 2014. The power is running around the train and ... (more)