The Conrail caboose track at E'port yard.

Two classics meet north of Minot.

The diesel passenger run poses briefly with the Chinese 2-8-2, which is slowly coming around, a process we got to witness firsthand in the cab. The "awakening" of a steamer is one of my... (more)

Inside the recently restored cab of Alco 5, the control stand shines in the afternoon sun showing the unique contrast of 1940's engineering to modern day.

A pair of Cleveland Works Railroad jobs meet deep inside the steel mill complex at the Cleveland Cliffs Cleveland Works in Cleveland, Ohio. A solo SW1500 hauls the bottle train towards the slag du... (more)

Rock & Rail. Rock & Rail GP40-2 no.s 201, 401, and 501 are seen resting in Portland, CO where they serve a cement plant. This short line has a particularly interesting reporting mark: R... (more)

Reportedly ex-MP and considering the replacement headlight with no number boards I would guess originally C&EI. Don't even know where I got the road name from. I found the thing by accident.

After attending the Kentucky Derby the day before CSX P001-5 heads for home.

Loading? The FEC 148 poses at the Liberty Point Elevator as a storm front approaches.

A classic Western Maryland look, as WM-painted FP9 243 runs over "home" rails on its way towards Elkins. To the left is a connection across the Tygart River to the B&O Coal and Coke line... (more)

BNSF 1826 (SD40-2 in old school paint) sits in the engine servicing yard in Denver, Colorado.

With both the "Virginian" and "Conrail" heritage units leading, 12Z pauses for a quick moment on the bridge while a motorboat races by the scene. The conductor may or may not have used this as a... (more)

This shot rather landed in my lap due to an errant merge onto the "A" route thru, as opposed to around, town. Thought I was done for, but the train maintained a delicate speed and I was... (more)

Springtime lilacs are blooming in a roadside park as a southbound BNSF coal train passes an old water tank that once filled CB&Q steam locomotives with water at Gurley, Nebraska, on May 23, 2014.

2816 pulls out of it's fourth maintenance stop of the day, on top of meeting six trains, on the marathon run of about 320 miles from Minot, ND to Glenwood, MN. Here the Hudson says goodbye to Nor... (more)