When the Fox Valley and Lake Superior got started motive power came in the form of locomotives transferred from WAMX sibling Wisconsin & Southern. That explains the presence of WAMX 4186 working a... (more)
AGVX 2002 at the Ag Valley Co-op.
The Belt On The Big 10-4. On a partly sunny October 4th, BRC 300 and slugmate 301 move a short cut of cars through Clearing Yard. Soon enough, they would be shoved over the hump.
Rough terrain is the setting for the local freight's trip through the Wind River Canyon. The channel cut through the mountains by the river doesn't leave enough room for the tracks in places. Near... (more)
RNRX 3274 at Greensburg, IN.
With a lot of slow miles behind it from Rapid City an eastbound train waits for another crew to bring it over the next leg of the trip to Huron. The tracks to the east are in better shape with a 4... (more)
The local from Greybull, WY is southbound through the Wind River Canyon bound for Bonneville, WY. At Bonneville it will interchange with the shortline BD&W before returning north. The alignment th... (more)
CSXT 8822 leads 427 west past the clock tower in Chatham
YN2 EMD CSXT 8863 is one of the last remaining EMD locomotives painted in CSX's "YN2" paint scheme. It remains stored here in Cumberland, MD along with a "YN1" SD40 (no... (more)
Storage Blues Cumberland Yard features one of the largest storage dead lines on CSX. Among others, the cast of locomotives here includes SD40-2s, C40-8Ws, SD70MACs, C40-9Ws, SD50s, and 4-a... (more)
OmniTRAX power near the BNSF junction at Holdrege.
OmniTRAX power just north of Loomis, NE.
DLCX 3138 at Loomis, NE.
A pair of venerable SD40-2s switch Lachine IMS Yard.
NRFF On A Rainy Day. Reading & Northern's NRFF (North Reading Fast Freight) is one of the more well know shortline freight trains in the northeast United States. Presently operating six day... (more)