Coming down the Missabe sub with crude ore loads just barely dodging cloud shadows along the way.
Shoving an empty all-rail north through Iron Jct and on up to Minntac for loading.
While the scenery is blah on an early spring morning, the freshy washed leader certainly adds a pop of color.
Approaching Noimi Jct as they are about to come off the Minntac Sub and onto the Missabe Sub before the left turn onto the Iron Range Sub at Iron Jct. for the remainder of the trip home.
A clean leader leads a trio of dash 8s and 145 cars of iron ore pellets off the Minntac property as the roll towards Two Harbors, MN to complete the trip.
NS 212, before being rebranded as NS 24X, heads eastward on Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line Track #2. Behind the leader are NS 1066 (New York Central Heritage Unit SD70ACe locomotive) and NS 4258 (AC... (more)
Troutville Blues: On a stormy December Morning, NS 12Z with NS 8098, the Conrail Heritage Unit, charges northbound through the soon to be expiring N&W CPLs in Troutville, Virginia, as it continue... (more)
Lamberts Loads: NS 4462 leads loaded coal train NS 598 eastbound into Lamberts Point Coal Yard in Norfolk, Virginia, on a lovely spring evening.
BNSF 5076 begins to accelerate from the diesel service pads located at the west end of the BNSF Belen yard with a double stack train.
When I walked into the Railway Service Contractors facility in Kansas City, Kansas, the last thing I expected to see was the Alco FA2 Western Maryland 303. I had last seen this engine in Barton, M... (more)
Nickel Plate Road 765 storms through Ray with its passenger train on a hot and sunny June afternoon.
Alton & Southern 2005 and 2004 begin to pull a manifest train west out of the Gateway yard in East St. Louis.
A priority Z Intermodal races east near Denair California.
UP 5705 and UP 6399 are in DPU mode as they push hard on a southbound loaded coal train. This is the Union Pacific flyover bridge over the BNSF main line on the east side of Hastings, Nebraska.
Farmers Coop 2329, which is a former BNSF GP38-2, sits on a spur track next to their facility in Dorchester, Nebraska.