Natural Freights: NS 1049 leads manifest train NS 14Z over the James River in Natural Bridge, Virginia, as it continues its journey north toward Shenandoah Yard along the NS Hagerstown District.

The old Ford was the first of several props to appear on the photo charter.

Drive and coupling rod bearing with eccentric crank on the second drive axle of the 4-8-2 "Mountain" 241 A 65 built in 1931. Quite filigree drive on this four-cylinder compound locomotiv... (more)

With 50-60 loads of ballast fresh from the pit in Waterloo, CPs 8WWA ballast train crawls over the Crawfish River with two rebuilt SD40s and a SD30C for power. The matching red pops alongside the ... (more)

Into the sunset, CSX Train E118 pulls on a string of 215 empty coal hoppers bound for Peach Creek in the West Virginia Coal Fields.

Nearing the end of its journey from Pearland TX to Los Angeles CA is BNSF Railway train Q-PEALAC3-31A. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5170, SD70ACe 9094 and ES44C4 8249 are passing through the Fullerton Trans... (more)

BNSF 6295 (ES44AC) exits the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel and runs into a snowstorm that is dropping four inches of snow on the Moffat line.

HONK HONK. the K5LA of this Pacific Surfliner cab car still has old school snow cones fabricated down the street. Most Amhorns now use OEM CDFs (conical debris filters) that clap on. Photo taken ... (more)

CPs 8WWA ballast train rumbles over the wooden Crawfish River bridge on a cold and windy spring afternoon. Todays train sports a trio of six-axle EMDs.

Electric cogwheel snow blower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 of the Rigi Railways clearing track 2 on Rigi Staffel. There is more snow than ever this winter towards the end of April. The three-axle locomot... (more)

The Silver Star passes the Page-Walker Hotel building with a pair of P42s for power.

CSX SD70MACe 4732 leads M642 North through Blue Island, about to make the turn East for Barr Yard.

More snow then ever this winter on Rigi Staffel. Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 2 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1937 for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn, is shoving the snow plough X # 102 built in 1931. The pan... (more)

GE industrials morphed over the years with little fanfare and no change of model. Much like the tractors on 18-wheelers components varied from user to user. One locomotive we handled had a two c... (more)

Heading to Los Angeles, Southern Pacific GS-4 4449 makes a service stop in Tehachapi after climbing out of the San Joaquin Valley. The low sun this morning creates a mood similar to a plein ai... (more)