Having dropped it's cars off, the ex-CNW, ex-RI 4556 couples onto a cut of well cars and TOFC flats to shove into the ex-Hartwell trackage at Bowersville. Meanwhile the ex StL&A 300 and another un... (more)

136 Is Missing An Eye Former Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) GP35 136 is missing a number board. If you look closely, you can see where Hartwell Railroad wrote the number on to t... (more)

Taken with my Cellphone a Nokia Lumia 1020

taken with my cellphone a Nokia Lumia 1020

One of Santa Fe’s GP60M locomotives is found in the San Diego yard this morning. This unit, which is part of a class of 63 locomotives all ordered by the Santa Fe, is still wearing the original... (more)

Q102 speeds towards a clear signal at Henry House (just behind me) behind a nice leader, IC 1011.

L510 has some extra power today as they work down Byron Hill toward Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac. The train today is running about 8 hours late due to an unusual Saturday work block as CN wo... (more)

IC 1017 leads a Northbound empty ore train towards their final destination of Conneaut Ohio. They are seen crossing the Route 6N bridge outside of Springfield PA. The Bessemer has received a n... (more)

SOO 4598 and CP 2217 are assigned to the auto rack loading facility in Cottage Grove. Today, they're visiting the Hastings rail yard to pick up some racks and bring them to their post.

A loaded rail train climbs Red Barn Hill out of the Savanna river valley. This train is heading out on the Chicago Sub today to dump rail between Byron and Davis Jct. The train is following 472 a... (more)

A loaded rail train has just crossed the BNSF Aurora Sub at Savanna. This train is heading out on the Chicago Sub today to dump rail between Byron and Davis Jct. Not alot of Soo Line painted SD60'... (more)

Former Rio Grande GP35, HRT 3044, sits in the quiet town of Lavonia, Georgia below the planet Venus, the bright star to the left of the locomotive.

A veteran of the Denver Yard operations is BNSF 1966, a SD40-2 built in 1972, which still wears its Burlington Northern Cascade Green paint.

My personal favorite locomotive on the roster, HRT 4556, rests beneath hundreds of stars at the Rose Acre Feed Mill (behind me) in Bowersville, Georgia. This was my first time using flashes, and I... (more)

A single rebuilt GP30 sits on track 1220 Watson yard.