Bridge Plates Are Out, Service Is Back. On the morning of Tuesday, September 7, 2021, Amtrak Train 63 (AMTK 705, P32AC-DM leading) was the first Empire Service departure from New York's Pen... (more)

Amtrak #6 has dropped below the blizzard blowing around Soldier Summit and is now passing Kyune with its center siding. Nearby Highway US 6 has a mile long backup over the summit but #6 just blew ... (more)

The CSX OCS cruising through Coxsackie, NY in its still fresh B&O inspired paint scheme.

CSX train P00131 enters the siding at Climax, GA, along the former ACL "Bow Line", to meet Q650.

CSX train P00131 zips along the former ACL "Bow Line" through Midland City, Alabama, at 40mph, nearing Dothan, with the "one-spot" leading.

CSX train P00131 crosses the former Seaboard Airline main in Bainbridge, while running east along the former ACL "Bow Line".

After taking the siding to meet Q650 at Climax, P001 continues east on its trek towards Waycross along the former ACL "Bow Line".

The CSX executive train took the scenic and under-utilized "Bow Line" route from Montgomery to return to Waycross after spending a few days in Mobile after Hurricane Ida. Along this form... (more)

The CSX OCS symbol P001-25 photographed in Martinsburg, WV as it makes it's journey from Chicago, IL to Waycross, GA with some VIPs on board on the evening of August 26, 2021. CSX painted the ent... (more)

Return leg of an OCS that began tacked onto Q026 to Chicago northbound. Train will duck into West Jax to detrain passengers and recrew for the deadhead to Waycross, where the consist is now kept ... (more)

The OCS heads out to inspect the NO&M after Hurricane Ida as they are seen here about a third of the way up the Fitzgerald Sub and have already started encountering storms from the hurricane on th... (more)

The OCS heads out to inspect the NO&M after Hurricane Ida as they are seen here about a third of the way up the Fitzgerald Sub and find some nice south Georgia sunshine.

Metra Milwaukee Heritage and State of Illinois special paint lead Milwaukee West line train under the throat of Metra's Union Pacific Service line at Ogilvie station. The train will stage at Elgin... (more)

Return leg of an OCS that began tacked onto Q026 to Chicago northbound. The train came down to Jax via Moncrief, "the traditional route", yarded in West Jax long enough to detrain passe... (more)

Four minutes after midnight, CSX 1 leads the office car train past the Western Railway of Alabama coaling tower in Opelika, Alabama, bound for Mobile for post-Hurricane Ida use.