Amtrak's Phase I Heritage Unit leads an on-time train #19, The Crescent, out of Atlanta.

Running as designed, a high nose GP38-2 and recently renumbered B32-8 are running nose to nose under the old Southern RR cantilever signal bridge guarding the north end of the siding at Duluth. G... (more)

The super elevation isn't necessary for 10mph running on 100 lb. 1920's era rail. Both the rail and the ex-Southern Pacific GP20 have seen much faster speeds.

Dirty engines with clean exhaust... Georgia Central's well maintained U23Bs drag uphill at Pembroke.

Complete with a brass bell, Ellis & Eastern No. 7 brings empty cement hoppers into Sioux Falls for interchange to BNSF. We were here for the Dakota & Iowa, but the E&E was a very pleasant surpris... (more)

Old and new power break the silence in Oxford, IA.

With the skies clearing, a late 172 running at the perfect time and my Wife out for a run; I loaded up my 3 year old daughter and 1 year old son for a choo-choo adventure. A good time was had by ... (more)

Sometimes you gotta go with the classics... a UP train splitting a pair of signals in the great plains at sunrise.

I was surprised to see these ACL signals still around... figured positive train control had already sealed their fate. Here Waycross to Winston train Q613 moves from the Vitis to Lakeland Subs, a... (more)

Train 117-16 navigates into the Arrival Yard with a colorful consist. Behind it are some tank shells en route to final assembly and train 142-17 departing the yard.

With traffic ahead moving through a single track work zone, 23N strokes it out of South Bend while CPRS241-03 cools its heels in South Bend Siding. 241 will eventually run down #2 once the last e... (more)

Relieved of hauling tourists for the time being, Blue Ridge Scenic Railway painted 4631 handles the real money maker, freight.

The afternoon P&L switcher pulls a cut of cars down to the NS crossing at 14th street. He will take the wye and shove into NS Magnolia Yard

The City of Pierre leads an all blue consist with units from 4 different companies under the new cantilever signal bridge a River Jct. Railroad: Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: La Crescent, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: DME 6201
Train ID: CP 276-20
Photo Date: October 22, 2011

On most regional railroads, a 35 cars would be a normal train, not a short distance local. Train 920 arrives back home, with palm trees and the Indian River in the background.