With the glut of projects at Von Storch, this former Erie Mining C420 has been set aside for a while.
C420s 405 and 414 have just pushed an excursion set up from Steamtown.
What once regularly saw CP SD40's and 60's, ballast trains this season are sporting a couple KCS SD70MACs.
The diesel railcar X # 2403 of the association Chemins de Fer de la Haute-Auvergne (CFHA), built in 1951 by Renault and Decauville with 2 Renault engines of 250 kW each for the French state railro... (more)
With greens through town, the 6042 and its rail train highball past the siding in the last minutes of daylight.
For the very first time, the diesel railcar X # 2403 of the association Chemins de Fer de la Haute-Auvergne (CFHA), built in 1951 by Renault and Decauville with 2 Renault engines of 250 kW each fo... (more)
Diesel railcar X # 2403 of the association Chemins de Fer de la Haute-Auvergne (CFHA), built in 1951 by Renault and Decauville with 2 Renault engines of 250 kW each for the French state railroad S... (more)
Moffat Cement In this frame pristine in 4-5 feet of snow are in place left by a classic upslope storm on the east side of the Great Divide below Rollins Pass. Traffic was good with sev... (more)
Big Ten Pleasant winter mid morning light play on the Big Ten.
Moffat Spring Morning Daily saves the day!
Calendar Girl Rocky Mountaineer at Tunnel 29
Joe Mac and Ed On Wednesday May 22, 2024 “Big Boy” Union Pacific #4014 ran for the first time by itself on the main line west from Cheyenne after the installation of (PTC) Positive... (more)
Class 1 Steam On Wednesday May 22, 2024 “Big Boy” Union Pacific #4014 ran for the first time by itself on the main line west from Cheyenne after the installation of (PTC) Positive ... (more)
Granite A westbound manifest runs over the high fill east of Sherman Hill.
A Train Runs Through It A train runs through it, defying gravity deep in the Harriman Cutoff. Reds and Sherman Geology in full view, an incredible performance. Union Pacific 7815 with ... (more)
Wild Flowers A vivid new paint scheme adorns Amtrak’s CZ 5/6 fleet.
Gorilla Hail & Pumpkins Severe warned supercell A6 tracking ENE at 17kts with 2.75” hail and 65 mph winds is approaching from the north, northwest into Wiggins, CO on Monday June 10,... (more)
Evening Spirit Union Pacific’s Spirit #up1943 with OXPSJ-12 makes an appearance just after dusk in the afterglow pink light that lasts just minutes in the double curves west of tunne... (more)
Evening at Plainview Eastbound at Plain, tunnel 1 up next. Amtrak California Zephyr is on time.
ES44ACi #2559 as DPU on train R24.
The high-and-wide load that had been causing delays on the subdivision wasn’t terribly high or wide as it rode behind the two lead engines on the southbound M301. It’s seen here passing by the... (more)
History is made on the RF&P Subdivision as the first train being led by an engine without cab signals since the recent suspension of the use of this technology makes the journey down the line. Aft... (more)
Amtrak's California Zephyr passes by a Union Pacific Oil train that is stopped on the Plain siding on Union Pacific's Moffatt Tunnel subdivision. The Zephyr is headed eastbound and in a few minute... (more)
RU HJ shuttles loads in North Bennington before heading to Hoosick Junction with 33 cars.
Double headed loco hauled working from Zurich towards Vienna.
Former Patriot Rail 1902 is being overhauled at the Railway Service Contractors facility in Kansas City. Photo taken with permission wearing all required safety gear.
Class 502 passing Unterterzen.
ARNX 1434 switches grain cars at the Cathcart facility near Hastings, Nebraska.
Class 460 near Eglisau.
Cargill CRGX 2002 waits to switch more grain cars at their facility.
Zurich commuter train near Eglisau.
BNSF 5520 leads a welded rail train east towards Yuma, Colorado.
AT&SF 611, westbound at bridge 2, in Abo Canyon, New Mexico. April 14, 1997. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo
After a quick crew change, Union Pacific 7183 roars out of the Tucson yard with an eastbound double stack.
Union Pacific in Tampa, Florida.
VIA 6424 is on its way to CAD to pick up some equipment, most likely a HEP coach.
The "Wolf" Santa Fe Southern 07 waits to depart from the Santa Fe Depot with a weekend passenger train. I have to say this "Game of Thrones" inspired paint scheme sure gets ev... (more)
BN 1707 idles in the early morning sunlight in Albuquerque.
Early morning sunrise greets a trio of BNSF SD40-2s (BNSF 1918, 1967 and 1643) as they idle in the small yard in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
81 on 91. The Amtrak Chargers have invaded but a few P42's hold out.
A Santa Fe intermodal passes a Southern Pacific coal train in the Tehachapis.
Anniversary logos pulling crude ore loads south.
A bluebird weather day as U717 rolls south through the bog with new ore cars filled with steaming iron ore pellets.
The sun is burning through some early morning fog as L568 rumbles along.
Oil train passing through what used to be the interchange yard between the DMIR and CN at Shelton.
The 202 brought an interesting lashup this morning
“When Pull Comes to Shove”After clearing Norfolk Southern’s Lurgan Running Track, a conductor and conductor trainee aboard shoving platform CSXT 900077 protect the 6 mile reverse ... (more)
A pair of SD60's rip north at track speed with freight from Proctor yard and Keenan yard for Ranier, MN.
3 car VLocity set 3VL81 approaches Southern Cross Station.
BRM002-CLF3-BRM001 with an SSR grain train at Appleton Dock.
Coastal Commercial: While NJ Transit equipment featuring advertisements can appear just about anywhere on the rail network, the North Jersey Coast Line tends to showcase more of its commerc... (more)
UP 6483 & 6168 power westbound stacks.
UP 5662 leads a 169 car eastbound manifest.
CSX F784 crossing the Congaree River as it heads into Cayce Yard
L606 switches a customer on the S Line with an MP15AC leading south back to Raleigh.
A post card stuff !!! Seen here is 11008 Pune Mumbai Deccan Express towed by WACM2p #21870 between Vadgaon and Kanhe. The coconut tree stands tall under the dramatic cloud pattern.
CP 401-14 rolls across the causeway west of Exshaw with CP 9375 and KCS 4805.
CP 401-14 crosses the Kananaskis River, at Seebe with a matched pair of CPKC units.
CSX's Monon heritage locomotive #1897 leads northbound empty Coal train E248-14 through Jemison, AL.
CSX's Monon heritage locomotive #1897 leads northbound empty Coal train E248-14 through Thorsby, AL.
CSX's Monon heritage locomotive #1897 leads northbound empty Coal train E248-14 through Clanton, AL.
CSX's Seaboard System Heritage Locomotive #1982 leads Train M515-08 southbound through Lineville, AL.
Norfolk Southern's "Railroader Appreciation" unit awaits its next assignment at the Inman Yard engine terminal in Atlanta.
CSX's Seaboard System Heritage Locomotive #1982 leads Train M515-08 southbound through Talladega, AL.
CSX's Seaboard System Heritage Locomotive #1982 leads Train M515-08 southbound through Saint Ives, AL.
the fuel rack at Chattanooga Tn
With thunderstorms building in the southeast CSX rack train M204 eases across the Falls of Ohio entering Indiana.
BNSF 642 works a remote control job at Northtown Yard.
A loaded UP coal train makes their way by Union Station heading out on the joint track.
I116 heads north on a gloomy morning past the former Waynecastle mill (now home to a model RR club). The L&N Heritage unit # 1850 is the lead unit.
Switching cars in Fernandina, Georgia Central GP38-2, 2138 is seen making a tug on some box cars in the terminal.
Subway Street Running. New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) R211A car no. 4279 is seen rolling under the Gowanus Expressway and across 3rd Avenue. The car was one of five new R211A c... (more)
Second Avenue Subway. New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) R120 locomotive no. OL909 (Republic Locomotive Works, 1991) idles briefly at the edge of 2nd Avenue in Sunset Park, Brookly... (more)
An Oregon-bound drag of lumber empties descends the grade out of the Tehachapi Mountains at Cliff siding on a hot July 1988 afternoon.
South Brooklyn Street Running. New York City Transit Authority R120 locomotive OL909 (Republic Locomotive Works, 1991) is seen leading a "power pack" across 3rd Ave in Sunset ... (more)
I116 heads off the "high line" and onto the low line in Altenwald with the SBD heritage unit leading.
I116 power has just cut from its train and is about to be refueled at the CSX Chambersburg terminal.
With an odd consist for 2023, G111 rolls past the Martinsburg station and towards Brunswick, MD where power will be cut and the train will be reversed to Winchester, VA.
In nice evening light an empty stone train heads across the Shenandoah Subdivision's wooden trestle on its way to Clearbrook, Va.
A perfect fit, due to a very short UBHF returns from Highfield with a single car. Not sure what was being carried in what appears to be a boxcar with the top cut off.
NS 289 overtakes a coal train that is sitting on the siding at Berryville/Audley. The building on the left has since been demolished.
At the entrance to the Danbury Railroad Museum grounds.
L129 drops off cars for the morning's L103 in Stephens City before continuing on to work Agmark in Strasburg. The propane facility at Stephens City is a busy place and the primary customer t... (more)
The RS40 crew is seen heading eastbound pass the Merrilon Avenue station on their way to One World Recycling on the Central Branch.
Under an impressive sky, the WW crew has finished its work and prepped a train for the morning to head to Gore. This is the base of operations for the 102 crew at Clear Brook.
This WB intermodal cruises past the approach signal for both CP Wyndale and CP Abingdon. The new 136# welded rail has been kicked out for installation later in the spring. Wyndale is a CP where ... (more)
Indiana Welcomes A Pair Of BL-2s. On the night of June 14, 2021, the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum received former Bangors & Aroostok EMD BL-2s 52 and 56 (originally 552 and 556 for BAR). ... (more)
A workhorse SD40-2 does some switching of local freight at the Greencastle terminal with an angry sky in the background.
The old reliable glorified local Chattanooga to Roanoke is dragging thru a swag just east of "town". Way in the back is a bit of color, always a welcome sight in the land of what seems ... (more)
