Whole lotta leaser 40's on a Norfolk Southern empty grainer. On the cusp of the Great Recession, NS still had a good bit of supplemental motive power.

A slightly earlier return back to Eola from Western Ave in the city, the 457 job coasts west with a GP & a 40.

Alabama Southern Train 222 heads east for Tuscaloosa, AL, leaving behind a beautiful sunset at Elrod, AL.

Alabama Southern Train 222 has just departed Reform, AL, as they head east to Tuscaloosa, AL, with interchange from KCS at Artesia, MS.

Alabama Southern Train 112 has just tied down their Train at Reform, AL, to await a new crew to continue the trip east to Tuscaloosa, AL, with interchange from KCS at Artesia, MS.

A later than usual 457 hauls east with a 67 car train for western ave. in Chicago. Heres the GP pair flying thru the Lisle Metra Station.

Yates City, population just shy of 660, hardly classifies as a city at all but its quaint, small-town charm is temporary interrupted by the noisy passage of BNSF freight M PEIGAL1 27A on the light... (more)

A view from above the nasty Des Plaines River shows the BNSF L-CHI105 local with a pair of GP's and 3 SD40-2's working the BNSF Joliet Yard. The old state lockup can be seen in the distance that h... (more)

Nicknamed the “Menards Local”, Y-EOL202 crawls out of BNSFs Eola Yard, towards downtown Aurora, with a trio of GPs for power.

105 would have been the trio of SD40s, but the leader decided to not work, so the 2 geeps were tacked on the front. So heres 105 rolling over the Des Plaines river with the 5-pack of standard cabs... (more)

HLCX 4215 sits in Ann Arbor Railroad’s Ottawa Yard just north of Toledo, Ohio. The 4215 is on lease to the AA and still wears IC&E paint.

ABSR 141 rolls down 16th Street as it returns to the Tuscaloosa yard from Fox, AL with a train of asphalt.

Power from the Attapulgus job heads back towards Tallahassee after being used to run to Marianna to pick up empty rock cars and passes the signal used to guard the no longer used Douglas City sidi... (more)

Power from the Attapulgus job heads back towards Tallahassee after being used to run to Marianna to pick up empty rock cars.