With a maroon Helm Leasing SD40-2 on the point, a CSX manifest freight rolls southbound on the NS New Castle District in Sharonville on a beautiful early spring afternoon.

HLCX GP40-2 4225 Union City, Ga. March 22-2015 -Built in September 1971 as B&O GP40 4010, the unit went on through the ranks of Chessie and into CSX. The unit was retired and granted a second life... (more)

A short-on-time Q317-27 recrew drags 8800 feet of Cumberland freight past the Ashland Amtrak platform with an HLCX SD40-2 and ex-Conrail SD60I for power.

Ex-CP MP15AC 1445 crosses Bridge St with one car for the CN interchange. This locomotive is used by Ingredion Canada at the former Canada Starch Company (CASCO) plant in Cardinal.

HLCX GP40-2 4225 Union City, Ga. March 22-2015 -Built in September 1971 as B&O GP40 4010, the unit went on through the ranks of Chessie and into CSX. The unit was retired and granted a second life... (more)

HLCX GP40-2 Nș4220 (rebuilt and upgraded to dash 2 specs) is a former Milwaukee Road GP40 at heart. Built for the MILW as their 2036 in 1967, the unit went on through the ranks of SOO LINE and int... (more)

HLCX GP40-2 Nș4220 (rebuilt and upgraded to dash 2 specs) is a former Milwaukee Road GP40 at heart. Built for the MILW as their 2036 in 1967, the unit went on through the ranks of SOO LINE and int... (more)

Visitor on the Irvington I.T.
Working adjacent to Conrail's Irvington Industrial Track for the last twelve-plus years has made me accustomed to the air horns of the mostly former Conra... (more)

Ex-BN SD40.

The LSB50/54 local power switches Villa Grove yard on a warmer-than-its-been Sunday evening.

Something a little different leads loaded crude oil train K040 west on the Lehigh Line. BNSF power can often be found running through on these trains, but leased power (especially a standard-cab ... (more)