Ditch lights are off(?) In the process of switching tracks. Accompanied by an all Santa Fe Warbonnet Dash 9 and Bluebonnet GP. Fellow railroad photographers Tristan Garrett and John Means are stan... (more)
405 smokes it up as it accelerates out of DG-Main Street.
Speeding over the 3 month-old crossing, which is a lot smoother that it was before. Note the second unit has an orange A/C. The excessive space between Mains 2 and 3 is due to the fact that there ... (more)
Belmont is a good place to railfan, thanks to the superelevated curve.
An oddball light engine move. We have BNSF 816, Dark Future CSX SD70MAC #4761, and Bluebonnet GP30 2447. Had to wait for an Amtrak to switch over before they could proceed.
3090 and train round the last curve out of DeKalb eastbound, passing the westbound ex-CNW Whistle posts (7 crossings!!).
Evening inbound commuters have nothing better to do but watch this intermodal roar through town...Of course probably none of them know that there is an H2 Dash 9 leading, an ATSF Dash 9 after that... (more)
191 pulls in about 10 minutes late, and leaves about 13.
197's train pulls up to it's red signal as it waits for Amtrak to switch over onto his track.
H2, H2, Warbonnet, H1.
Nice! Two unpatched ATSF units lead a Z train west.
Eastbound loaded coal coasts downhill out of Westmont around 8:30 AM.
Westbound running wrong main with a trio of Pumpkins flies by, blowing my hat off. : )
METX 148 passes trees in bloom and an eastbound manifest.