BNSF was extremely power short due to booming crude oil traffic and resulting congestion. A pair of normally aspirated geeps blow out some carbon.

The Virginian Heritage Unit passes the FreeWill Pentecostal Church, where "God wants full custody, not weekend visits".

A couple GEs split the signals at Breezy Point while an SD70ACe DPU and three unit helper K CWFCWF7 14 shove up the other side of the horse shoe.

After meeting 2 trains at Green Island Siding, the daily train from Chicago to Huron, SD is crossing the swollen Maquoketa River. The river is high due to the remnants of Hurricane Ike, however t... (more)

The St Paul Turn comes off the BNSF Midway Sub into Commercial Yard.

A nice catch on the northbound roadrailer, running over jointed rail on the ex-CofG Griffin District.

With trailers stretched around the curve, a tired ex-UP leader is in charge of Jacksonville to Chicago priority intermodal 282. I enjoy photographing locomotives in their second career, especiall... (more)

Q247 heads south across the Ohio River before taking a left hand turn to Louisville.

A Kansas City to Los Angeles intermodal flies over the natural crossover at Frost with ample HPT.

A pair of "Grinstein Green" MACs on a run-through NS coal train pass a CSX maintainer waiting at the recently replaced CSX signals at 10th Street.

The Erie Heritage unit comes out of the siding, past the faded station sign at Reeves on the NS Atlanta North District. This is my seventh Heritage capture, Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Plainville, Georgia, USA
Locomotive #: NS 1068
Train ID: NS 370-15
Photo Date: May 15, 2013

A pair of GEVOs with a liquified natural gas tender bask in the morning light, giving a good view of both vehicular and railroad drawbridges over the St Lucie River.

A former Kennecott Copper locomotive hauls a special train of long aluminum beams from Universal Alloys requiring two idlers, along with a couple of empty coil steel cars picked up en-route at Pac... (more)

With the lack of mountains, Indiana coal gets much older (better) power than Appalachia. This SD50 will still have some work, including the pull out of the Ohio River flood plain up to the higher... (more)

Not quite hauling the Pennsylvania Anthracite of its namesake railroad, the Lehigh Valley Heritage Unit's "Black Diamond" logo is still apropos hauling Virginia Bituminous to Georgia Power's Plant... (more)