Another view from my Covid gallery of trains close to home over the past year. This is number four of the series. The NWP crosses four moveable bridges in its short run from the Cal Northern int... (more)

This is one from my Covid gallery. The pandemic kept me close to home and I made the best of it by reacquainting myself with the railroads in my backyard. No getting on an airplane to fly to exo... (more)

The odd looking RP20BD's UPY 909 and 913 shoves a cut of cars back into the yard at Yard Center in suburban South Holland.

Over looking Yard Center we see a pair of UP RailPower RP20BD's working the south end of the yard on a beautiful day for flying.

Light CHTT movement heading east through the S curve along 17th Street, in the urban mecca of Chicago Heights. 'Twas quite a hazy, warm spring evening.

CHTT drags 20 loads south down one of their many terminal tracks spiderwebbed around Chicago Heights at sunset.

M&ET 2008 builds a string of cars bound for Modesto.

RP20BD 2008 assembles cars at M&ET yard at Empire Ca.

RP20BD 2008 at work at Empire while a BNSF intermodal passes westbound.

M&ET 2008 at work at Empire.

The sun is beginning to set as the Indiana & Ohio Railway's R6 Job splits the classic Pennsylvania Railroad Position Light Signals at CP OAKLEY near Norwood, Ohio, on the I&O's Oasis Subdivision, ... (more)

RP20DB 2008 is about to make a move in Modesto.

M&ET 2003 at work near Modesto & Empire Traction Headquarters in the early morning.

Can you see the big blue? RP20BD 5406 was a demonstrator for R. J. Corman Railpower Locomotives (RPRX 5406, exx-NS 3609, neé-Conrail 5021, B36-7, 11/1983) and now works at Foster Farms in Kingsbu... (more)

Long summer days combined with SMART curtailing passenger service due to COVID has created a window of opportunity to chase the NWP freight from Ignacio to Petaluma. Normally all this is after da... (more)