With ballast on the headend and a little revenue on the trail, CN 5519 and 2305 head west with 493's train. 1725hrs.

VIA 6451 rolls 61's train though Lovekin on a rare clear winter's afternoon. 1550hrs.

Ethanol empties soar across Duffin's Creek as they cross the Cherrywood trestle under the watchful eye of 'Mount Garbage'. The third unit has undoubtedly crossed this trestle many times before, in... (more)

Beginning the climb up to Newtonville, CN 8869 and mid train DPU IC 2705 have 305's train well in hand at Port Hope, ON. The snow has been falling since the previous night, making this a good day ... (more)

Four units lead X371's train through Lovelkin, ON., only a few hours after the snow stopped falling. Westbound freight traffic has been pretty heavy today, and they'll hit a bit of a traffic jam a... (more)

Passing southbound through Waubamik, Ontario, on CN's Bala Sub, CP 9002 leads five SD40-2's and 220's train towards Boyne and connection to CP's Parry Sound Sub. This nondescript siding on CN's tr... (more)

In the midst of a heavy snowfall, CP 3042 leads the Havelock through Manvers, Ontario. Plowing that mound of snow pretty much the whole way from Agincourt, one of the ditchlights has become a vict... (more)

Westbound VIA train 57 with the 'Turd' leading meets CN freight 372 at Newtonville, Ontario, behind CN 8811 and 8839. Via 57 is a great train to catch as it regularly runs with stainless steel equ... (more)

Approaching the west switch of Port Hope siding, CP 9719 and 9820 curve through a peaceful fall scene with 232's train at Port Hope, Ontario. The cross-buck in the foreground guards the farmers cr... (more)

A long way for Appalachia, former C&O GP39 3916, now Copper Basin 505, leads CBRY GP39-2's 502 and 403 on southbound ore loads past the sidings at Ray Jct. It would seem that the draw of the tunne... (more)

With the valley ablaze in fall colors and the mountain tops shrouded in mist, light power RRPX 43 and WNYP 637, 631, and 630 make up train DFT as it crosses Sinnemahoning Creek, just north of Drif... (more)

Climbing to the summit of the Keating grade, southbound WNYP 630, 637, 631, and RRPX 43 face the added challege of an October snow storm and wet rails in their fight with gravity. They won; not su... (more)

Rolling through brilliant fall colors at Cameron, Pennsylvania, WNYP 630, 637, 631 and RRPX 43 do more in my opinion than nature to brighten the otherwise drab day. 1037hrs. As an interesting asi... (more)

Cresting the grade at Keating Summit, Pennsylvania, the northbound DFT's four six axles, RRPX 43, WNYP 637, 631 and 630 make easy work of their short train. RRPX 43 started life in 1970 as CN 2302... (more)

Rolling south for another load of black diamonds, BNSF 9622 pushes past northbound coal loads headed by BNSF 5819 and 8949 at the Cordero Rojo mine. The northbound train was switching his train, a... (more)