UP 5194 West soars over the Cienega Creek Canyon and Track 2 at 1153.

Just after the passing of a westbound on Track 1, eastbound baretables glide down toward the underpass on Track 2 at 1140. The number of curves and grade changes in one train length on Track 2 in... (more)

In my version of the popular Cienega Creek shot, UP 7764 West whines downgrade with screaming dynamics at 1137. The DPUs are just coming into the frame at right. As soon as the train passed, I w... (more)

With more and more of the former SP trestles being replaced with modern modular concrete spans, SD60M 2343 looks almost classy leading autoracks over Youngs Creek at restricted speed at 1228. A t... (more)

With more and more of the former SP trestles being replaced with modern modular concrete spans, SD60M 2343 looks almost classy leading autoracks over Youngs Creek at restricted speed at 1241. A t... (more)

Typical of early in the week, WAED is short on this Tuesday, being led by GP40 308 (ex-CR, PC 3179, built 10/68) and a GP40-2W into the hole at Rockingham to meet Amtrak Downeaster 683 at 1218.

Morning sun shines on WA-2 doing some work at the east end of the yard before assembling its train of six Cavendish loads and heading northeast. The building in the background is the large Huhtam... (more)

WA-2 cruises past the westward absolute signal at CPF 107 while blowing for the Bellsqueeze Road crossing at 1338. The empties are from Cavendish Agricultural at Detroit.

The sun finds a hole to shine through onto the classy lines of SD45 681. While having her on the point of any lashup was good enough, adding GP9 45 at North Adams made just about the coolest cons... (more)

After spending an hour or so switching out their train after arriving from Mattawamkeag, the crew of MABA is almost done with their day as they shove the reblocked train back to the yard office at... (more)

After arriving from Mattawamkeag but before switching out her train to continue west and south as the NMED, GP40 350 (built as EMDX 17 in Spring '69, ex-CR, PC 3266) poses for a roster in front of... (more)

MD-1 enters Oakland at the Oak Street crossing at 1425. GP9 51 will run around its cars at CPF 119 and then head to Waterville.

It is difficult to find a scene in 2007 that looks more "branchliney" than fifty-year old GP9 51 SLOWLY bringing today's loads from Madison paper through picturesque Norridgewock, ME.

From this vantage point, this scene could easily be from 25 years ago (except for some slightly more modern covered hoppers) as GP9 77 leads six loads for Cavendish Agricultural north out of Water... (more)

Today's MABA pulls south through beautiful downtown Bangor over the Kenduskeag Stream behind GP40s 350 and 305 at 1253.