Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder makes an on time departure out of downtown Chicago and passes under the PRR signal bridge at CP Morgan on Metra's Milwaukee District.

With a short train in tow, a trio of IC SD70's have an easy run up the grade as they head out of the harbor in Conneaut, Ohio and cross over Conneaut Creek.

After getting recrewed at the Woodworth control point, NS 149 gets on the move west through Conneaut, Ohio. One of the yellow bonnet SD70ACC's is trailing as the train crosses over Conneaut Creek ... (more)

After being used for detours over Vermont Railway around the Hoosac Tunnel, a quartet of Norfolk Southern GP38-2's pull a long train of empty autoracks through Erie, Pennsylvania. The train is des... (more)

As Norfolk Southern's H06 heads south on the Corning Secondary, the line follows the edge of Seneca Lake near Angus, New York. The picturesque lakeside cottages are a unique contrast to the indust... (more)

A trio of Illinois Central SD70's lead a loaded ore train as it crosses into Pennsylvania after leaving the harbor in Conneaut, Ohio. Overnight snow is already melting across the rural scene with ... (more)

Norfolk Southern manifest freight 310 heads east behind a pair of GE's, with another two locomotives as mid train DPU's. The train is crossing over Conneaut Creek and the CN Bessemer Sub in Connea... (more)

Relatively new AC44C6M rebuild 4275 is on the point of an eastbound manifest freight as it departs the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard and heads towards home rails and points east.

A pair of Amtrak P42's pull down out of the yard at the 18th Street Shops, putting together a trainset. The train is crossing the Chicago River on a life bridge and diverges briefly on to the CN J... (more)

A BNSF ES44AC and SD70ACe haul a loaded coal train as it proceeds south over the NS Chicago Line and out of Chicago. The train is passing by Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox as... (more)

A pair of leased HLCX GP38's in the company's maroon scheme shuffle spine cars as they work the intermodal ramp at BNSF's Cicero Yard near Chicago. HLCX 1058 was originally built as an MKT GP40 in... (more)

With a unit train of frac sand bound for Sayre, Pennsylvania, NS 68N heads east across the Lake Erie District behind a trio of Canadian National locomotives. The train is crossing the trestle over... (more)

A pair of GE's pull CSX manifest freight Q635 as it passes through downtown Erie, Pennsylvania. This Selkirk to Columbus train typically carries large blocks of construction debris cars from the e... (more)

A dwarf searchlight stands guard on the east leg of the wye to the UP Rockwell Sub that runs off the connection at the Tower A-2 Junction. This classic signal still serves after decades as an inbo... (more)

It's a busy afternoon at the Indiana Harbor Belt's Gibson Yard. A pair of Union Pacific GE's are shoving back to put together a train bound for home rails, while two yard jobs shuffle autoracks us... (more)