Extra 486 southbound near Trimble with the Cascade Canyon winter train.
Engineer Mike Nichols discusses the days plans with the train crew prior to departing Durango with the winter photographer's special.
UP 6453 leads a heavy coal train westbound through one of the two horseshoe curves at Gilluly on the west slope of Soldier Summit.
With ice fog clinging to everything in sight OSL #1068 charges across the Snake Creek Trestle near Charleston with a photo freight. Thanks to Mark Perri as well as Mike Manwiller and the entire HV... (more)
Passengers on this 4-hour late California Zephyr are treated to a somewhat rare daylight trip across the former DRGW Soldier Summit route as the train makes its way toward Denver and points... (more)
Oregon Short Line #1068 leads a photo freight northbound around the curve at Snake Creek Trestle with ice fog laying low and clinging to the surrounding landscape.
After taking on water at Hermosa, extra 486 south (the Cascade Canyon excursion) is back on the move toward Durango behind K-36 #486. The mountains of southwestern Colorado have been pounded by he... (more)
Eastbound loaded SCWX coal train U303 eases through Natural Tunnel and the much smaller and man-made Little Tunnel on NS's Appalachia District.
One of CSX's newer GEVO units drifts along on the rear of loaded coal train U303 as it snakes its way through Glenita. Soon both helper engines will be in number 8 throttle as the train begins the... (more)
NS mine run U56, the empty TVA McCloud Turn, eases through Pocket, VA on its way up the St. Charles line to load at Benedict.
A pair of CSX SD70MACs leads southbound loaded coal train T134-31 across the Copper Creek Viaduct on the former Clinchfield RR mainline.
RJ Corman's QJ #7040 peeks out of the Lexington Shop for a quick photo during a work session to get her ready for her new career in Central Kentucky.
CSX 727 leads a westbound empty LAKX unit coal train at milepost 9 on NS's Appalachia District as it utilizes trackage rights between Frisco and Big Stone Gap.
A 3-month old GE ES44AC leads westbound empty coal train E246 through Wildcat on the NS Appalachia District on a crystal clear January morning.
A trio of NS GEs lead the eastbound loaded Eastman coal train #72A down the mainline at Watkins while the return leg of the McCloud turn (#79G) sits in the siding waiting its turn to head west.
R.J. Corman's My Old Kentucky Dinner Train rolls through Deatsville, KY
Northbound CSX autorack train Q226 rolls through downtown LaGrange on its trek to Cincinnati and points east.
ARR 4319 leads a northbound cruise ship passenger extra as it rolls along next to the Seward Highway just outside of Girdwood, AK.
The Milwaukee station is a busy place on this snowy and blustery December day as Amtrak train #7, the westbound Empire Builder, makes an on-time stop in Milwaukee. The train left Chicago wi... (more)
A pair of CSX AC6000CWs drift along on the rear of a southbound loaded coal train at Dryden, VA. These pushers will be needed to get the train to Watkins on the NS Appalachia District where they w... (more)
A NS mine run heading for Pardee on the former Interstate RR Roaring Fork Branch rolls westbound past the Ring Coal Company loadout at Blackwood, VA.
The crew of the Frisco Local brings the empty 73A Eastman coal train westbound under the signal bridge at Watkins.
The single-car coal loadout at Andover provides a frame for six NS cabooses sitting in the yard near the shop building. These are used for shove moves by the many mine runs that work the coal bran... (more)
Three NS GEs lead eastbound loaded Georgia Power coal train #702 on the Appalachia District near Duffield. The late-November fall foliage is a welcome sight this year!
CSX loaded southbound coal train N382 rolls through Dryden, VA on the CV subdivision. The fall colors still showing on some trees is a rare sight considering it is only a few days away from Thank... (more)
CSX 4500, the Spirit of Cumberland (and former CSX 700), leads a southbound PEFX coal train at Dungannon on the CSX KP Sub.
An aging NS C39-8E and a SD60 shove an empty coal train under the flood loader at Pardee on the former Interstate Railroad Roaring Fork Branch.
An eastbound NS loaded coal train easing by the storage track at Glenita.
CSX 675 leads a northbound K train at the south end of Granite siding past a house that would make a great railfan's cabin. more)
SOO power leads a southbound Coke train down the KD sub at Medford on a crisp November afternoon. more)
A week of gusty winds and rain have brought most of the fall foliage to the ground but a few trees still are showing nice color on this clear and crisp Saturday morning as NS loaded coal train 72R... (more)
NS T74 rolls eastbound through this rural scene at Glenita, passing by a make-shift apple tree market.
Four BNSF GEs lead an eastbound freight across the Mojave at Ludlow. Interstate 40 can be seen in the distance behind the train.
Loaded Georgia Power coal train 702 pops out of the shadows at Watkins behind three NS GEs.
An Alaska RR work train hugs the base of the Chugach Mountains as it works northbound toward Anchorage on a warm July morning. The size of the GP40 and the loader on the trailing flat car offer a ... (more)
With the early morning fog still hanging in the valley, three NS GEs bring loaded Georgia Power coal train 702 eastbound through Speers Ferry.
NS 3221 and 3222 roll a short eastbound T74 Frisco local through Duffield.
The gloomy skies and light rain of this Friday afternoon make the vibrant fall colors pop out at Dante, VA as this southbound CSX grain train eases by a northbound empty PEFX coal train stopped in... (more)
NS 194 rolls around the tight curve and through a cut between Hardy and Oakvale on its eastbound trek from Bluefield to Roanoke on the Virginia Division.
NS T74 works eastbound through Speers Ferry with consecutively numbered SD40-2s leading a short train. The trees are still slowly beginning to turn with only spotty color change so far.
NS's Frisco-Big Stone Gap turn has just shoved in the clear on #8 track at Frisco Yard before tying up for the day with a clean ex-Conrail unit on the point.
CSX F037 work/ballast train northbound at Wallins Creek (just north of Loyall) on the CV Sub. more)
NS J51 pushers shoving eastbound loaded coal train U9W on main #1 through Keystone, WV. Click... (more)
CSX 6413 leads a northbound ballast train as it passes the abandoned Shamrock Fuels coal load out at Wilhoit, KY.
NS empty hopper train 823 rolls westbound through Falls Mills on the Pokey.
CSX GEVO 5342 leads northbound freight Q342 off of the street running trackage at La Grange on its northbound journey to Cincinnati and beyond.
A former CNW SD60, now part of the HLCX lease fleet, leads westbound 83G by the large coal facility at Keystone. The two light engines are going west to Hull to pick up 50 Tidewater coal loads to ... (more)
An eastbound BNSF stack train flies across the Mojave Desert at Amboy. Prior to Interstate 40's construction across the desert, Route 66 kept Amboy alive with a steady flow of traffic. These days ... (more)
BNSF 4793 leads an eastbound stack train across the Mojave desert at Ludlow as seen from the Route 66 grade crossing. more)
BNSF 5349 leans through the S-curves and by the crossovers at Ludlow on main 2 with the first of 30 trains seen between 0715 and 1815 in the Ludlow area
NS loaded coal train U9V behind a pair of C40-9Ws eases down the mainline passing a nearly full Auville Yard on the Dry Fork Branch. If this is any sign of the times, the coal business is very str... (more)
NS eastbound freight 194 begins its downhill slide out of Bluefield for the run to Roanoke just prior to sunset. The massive coal tower in the background serves as a reminder of the awesome machin... (more)
NS westbound freight 147 rolls through downtown Iaeger on main #2 toward Williamson and points west. more)
NS 18M rolls eastbound under the signal bridge at Hull on main #2 to avoid a coal traffic jam at Iaeger on the #1 main.
Just after the sun has peeked over the mountain, the morning dew glistens on these spare sections of rail at Flat Top yard.
NS's Frisco Local drops downgrade through Gate City with former N&W SD40-2 6137 leading.
NS Frisco Local T74 gets a run for the hill at Speers Ferry with a SD40-2/GP38AC combo leading 20 misc. coal loads. The CSX's Kingsport Subdivision can be seen in the background (Copper Creek Viad... (more)
O. Winston Link put Northfork, WV on the map in 1958 with his Mainline on Main Street image of a N&W steam giant roaring through the tight confines of downtown. Fast forward almost 50 years... (more)
NS 194 rolls eastbound under the signal bridge at Hull on main #1.
This faded Warbonnet is a long way from its west coast home as it sits under the coaling tower at Farm awaiting its next eastbound pusher assignment.