Four motors still rule the hot intermodal trains on the Transcon. A westbound approaches a service and crew change point at Argentine Yard.

CZ / 220 Praha - Ceske Budejovice (R 721 VLTAVA) 196 m

Elevated Elevator. Cargill Grain SW1200 no. CAGX 1134 is seen beside the towering grain elevator in Commerce City, CO where the unit works switching covered hoppers.

Urban Freight Haulers. Denver Rock Island Railroad SW1500 no. 1083 is seen spotting cars at CMC Rebar in Denver, CO. The unit was originally Southern Pacific 2480, and was purchased fro... (more)

The new veterans unit AGR 4423 leading NS 070 heading to Kimbrough from Mobile.

North Yard. A variety of equipment is seen at Union Pacific Railroad's North Yard as SD70 no. 8463 meanders through with two other remote control locomotives.

UP 5751 & 8037 eastbound with a stack train.

UP 6416 & 5647 power an eastbound grain train.

CP 8888 leads train 100 east along the Bow River near Exshaw, AB. I always make sure I bring my tall rubber boots when I go railfanning. On this particular day they definitely came in handy. To ge... (more)

Passing King Cole Bean Company. 1899 was the founding year of Genesse and Wyoming Railroad. This freshly painted GE bears the same number and was coupled with fresh EMD numbered 125 to honor the ... (more)

Siemens "Vectron" 193 # 655 (X4E # 655) of the Beacon Rail Leasing, and 193 # 833 of the BoxXpress in multiple control, both rented to TXLogistik, pull the about 1065 ton southbound inte... (more)

Back in 1993, the Cedar River flooded out the CNW mainline around Cedar Rapids. Mainline trains ended up making the slow trek thru downtown Cedar Rapids for a few days. Later this day, the trains ... (more)

Today a 2x1 DP-d 338 fights the 30mph wind as they make their way towards Chicago and Kirk Yard. Here the train slows as they climb Big Raymond Hill outside of Raymond with almost 16,000 tons of t... (more)

For a long time, the CN in Iowa looked a lot like this. Especially west of Waterloo, big power didn't roam much, and it would normally be on unit trains only. With that, SD40's own the railroad. ... (more)

NYCT On NJT. New York Container Terminal’s CLCX 2058 (Process Locomotive PL1500-4RS) was returning to the NYCT at Howland Hook in Staten Island, New York from the Morristown & Erie Railwa... (more)