The "Marsh Job" pulls a cut of empty hoppers from the Nidera grain elevator at Jones Island with a sharp looking GP38-2, recently outfitted with fresh paint and "baby wings". The remnants of th... (more)
UP's westbound VP special has been cruising along since leaving Clinton, but in 4 miles that good speed would come to an end. UP seemed to be in meltdown mode on their east-west main thru Iowa to... (more)
The annual Canadian Pacific Holiday Train departs Albany for Mechanicville for the first official stop of the season running through the middle of Route 787 downtown.
With the sun still below the horizon, a southbound hotshot intermodal cuts its way through the thick fog draped over upstate South Carolina as it makes its way toward Atlanta, crossing over the S... (more)
UPY 3802 still looking fresh after almost a year, goes about duties at West Colton.
The U.S. version of the Holiday Train makes its first stop of the year on a drizzly evening in Kahnawake.
KCS westbound frac-sand train with CP fresh beaver power.
Service expansion. Hartford Line CT Rail Train 4405 is a recent addition to the schedule, as seen on Friday, November 23, 2018 with 6695 (GP40-2H) leading. This increase in service is to accommoda... (more)
While waiting for a westbound at the tunnel, I heard on the scanner that 16N was approaching Gallitzin heading East on track 1. I scurried over to the other side of town just in time to snap some... (more)
CSX Transfer Job Y130 heads back to CSX's Boyles Yard as they pass through 64th Street in Woodlawn, AL. On the NS AGS South District with interchange from Norris Yard in Irondale, AL.
CSX 4019 leads CSX Q292 into Marion, Ohio where it will stop to drop off intermodal containers for the Schneider distribution on the east side of town.
Heading south through the wetlands just south of Harrogate. Spring is the best time to get reflection shots in this area.
NS 4002 leads a northbound manifest thru Northbrook, IL.
BPRR 3063 leads Rochester & Southern GW-1 with a five pack of EMD's as they diverge in Caledonia on to the line to Mount Morris. Locomotives:BPRR 3063 SD40M-2WCOR 3346 SD40-3BP... (more)
A former BN GP50L leads two other units on the head end of the Aurora local.