ALCO Safari Day 2: Elusive Creatures Second stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the Mosaic potash terminal in Rosemount, they roster an ALCO S-2 and lease a rebuilt RS-3. On a whim I made a sto... (more)

710 pulls into Grand Jct station with a train load of fans.

The Abilene & Smoky Valley Alco S1 leads the afternoon excursion train back towards Abilene on the weedy rails.

The ghost of the Rio Grande past. An amazing sight was this Rio Grande hopper spotted in the Union Pacific North Yard in Denver. The car was built in December of 1974 and although the lettering ... (more)

Northern Pacific Extra 7005A-West, with four F9's between Livingston and Muir a distance of 12 miles, require helpers in this area. Extra 7005A has the assistance of a pair of GP9s 272 and 300 on... (more)

Fill her up. VIA's TurboTrain gets serviced in Toronto. Back then you could walk into the Foreman's office at Spadina Avenue, sign a release, grab a hard hat, and wander all around.

The French Lick Scenic Railway's "Dinosaur Adventure Train" shoves through town at West Valley Street with an NP inspired geep in command.

The purple of flowers and light green of emerging spring leaves color the landscape around New Concord, Ohio as the Ohio Central's ZVL rounds the bend behind a pair of GE Super 7's and heads towar... (more)

It's late and veteran engineer Brent Thomson slowly bring the Tennessee Central "Murder Mystery & Music Special" back from Watertown, TN through the quite community of Lebanon, TN bound... (more)

The three Music City Star train sets spend a Sunday layover in the storage yard at Lebanon, TN.

TZPR #1520 SW1500 sits and reflects on the TPW & NS interchange track located in Logansport, IN.

CAGX 1134 (SW1200) works the Commerce City Grain yard north of Denver.

The three RS-12's on Michigan Northern's roster pause at Walton Junction, MI to cool off their traction motors. Of the three units, the equivalent of about one and a half are working, making the ... (more)

GCRY 239 crosses the trestle at MP 4, just north of the Grand Canyon Railway yard

The KC to Shreveport freight makes good time as they roll over the Sallisaw Creek just outside of Bunch. The train is working south between Marble Rock and Cave Springs on the KCS Heavener Sub. Th... (more)