“Reading 96 Redux”
Conrail’s Hagerstown Secondary crosses in the foreground, as the modern iteration of “Reading 96”, CSX R342 (Cumberland to Enola), approaches NC Tower in Hag... (more)

Happy Halloween! LGSR 426 pauses with its train as passengers disembark from one of the days excursions.

During May 2003 no one foresaw that this scene would be dropped into the history books come the summer of 2018. It was common sense to know the SD50s would become a rare sight but in May of 2003 i... (more)

After the fog lifts, an EMD leader.

A westbound empty coal train climb the hill on Union Pacific rails by Tower B in downtown Omaha as seen from the 16th St. viaduct.

As the sunsets on a beautiful March day, a CSX SD50 leads westbound auto train Q279 under the New York Central searchlights signals at the Depew Amtrak Station as the train approaches the crew cha... (more)

An extended work assignment with frequent trips to the Chicago suburbs has afforded me the chance to explore the lines in the area in the late afternoons. I was surprised to see this refugee from ... (more)

Chessie System C&O SD50 8574 westbound at Niagara Falls, Ontario on December 14, 1986.

The morning shuffle is at hand with various war wagon EMD vets working the drill blocks as a Q433-10 departs in a cloud of exhaust on the far right to the Fast Freight for it's double.

Two SD50’s lead a westbound manifest up the ruling grade on the Southern Tier line at McClure, New York. McClure is about halfway between Deposit and Gulf Summit.

A yard job with a SD50 and a SD40-2 moves some containers around that are eventually bound for Pan Am.

A westbound Conrail train, most likely OIBU (Oak Island – Buffalo), nears the top of the grade at Gulf Summit, New York.

UP 5054 leaves the ore yard in Escanaba, MI on a gloomy, rainy day in December of 1996, with an empty train bound for the Empire Mine. UP ownership here was short lived and quickly gave way to the... (more)

A mixed freight heads north. Trailing units are B23-7 4015 and GP38AC 2863.

Conrail SD50, 6821, leads a westbound freight through downtown Roanoke. The distinctive building over the units is the former N&W office building. The former N&W East End Shops are in the center b... (more)