A BNSF loaded coal train moves west along the branch line to St. Louis. I said on another recent post that this line was owned by CN and that the coal trains operate under CN train numbers. Howe... (more)

A long train of empty autoracks tops the hill in Cresson, PA. Many of these old signal bridges have been taken down on the other side of Altoona. One can only assume these will be soon to follow... (more)

This is my last train of 2017. It was a rare one too. CN Q194 is seen here running north trough Du Quoin, IL in the late afternoon sunshine. Q194 usually pulls through Du Quoin in the middle of... (more)

The morning was brutally cold up in the PA mountains, so as I waiting patiently for a westbound, I nearly froze. Finally, after a rare lull on Pittsburgh Line, an NS intermodal train emerged from... (more)

A colorful lash-up of foreign and domestic power leads a manifest train south into Du Quoin, IL. The train will have to wait in Du Quoin for some time to meet two northbound trains before continu... (more)

An eastbound CSX autorack train glides under the walkway of The University of Akron Buckingham Building right in the heart of downtown Akron. This building was built in 1950 as Akron's 3rd Union... (more)

A mixed freight moves briskly east down the north shore of the Ohio River as it passes through the hillside town of Sewickley, PA. The Ohio River, with its ships and industries composes the backg... (more)

A pair of helpers push a Norfolk Southern intermodal train through Tipton, PA on this beautiful June morning. I couldn't help but enjoy the uncommon view of standard cabs with a modern day interm... (more)

A loaded ore train heads south through Grove City on its way to Bessemer where it will turn and bring empties back north. A light snow is falling as the train kicks up a fresh layer of powder at ... (more)

NS local C42 heads west on its journey back to Altoona after switching the interchange yard in Lewistown. C42's consist is particularly large today and the geeps are pulling hard to keep the trai... (more)

An RJC Corman empty coal train continues it's journey westward through Wandlin, PA on its way to its final destination of Clymer, just a few miles away. The tracks in these parts twist and turn f... (more)

A CN southbound scrap train heads south through the countryside village of Hallston, PA on its way to AK Steel in Butler, PA as the last of the fall leaves cling desperately to the trees.

An ex FURX SD40-2, now fully owned by the Wheeling and Lake Erie but still sporting the green and gray scheme, leads the usual evening Westbound out of Akron's Brittain Yard through the heart of A... (more)

The second sold out excursion of the day heads south behind Nickle Plate Road's 765 through the scenic landscape of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. While not as breathtaking perhaps as the Gran... (more)

It is rare to see a northbound train through Grove City during daylight hours. But here, CN 5422 leads a northbound train of empty ore cars, bound for the docks in Conneaut, right through the mid... (more)