Get 'Em Ready: The station agent gets the train orders ready to hoop up to the crew on extra ballast train. Train orders were used to direct the movement of any non scheduled train, where t... (more)

Crow River High Bridge: Getting close to the Twin Cities, 198 rumbles across the high bridge at Rockford, MN that spans the Crow River. You can't see it from here, but the rail on this brid... (more)

Late in the morning, a matched set of DM&E geeps pulls the Northfield job over the Robert St. bridge in downtown St. Paul. H37 is basically a transfer that brings cars from the CP at St. Paul to P... (more)

Late in the day, a single, shiny, new UP ES44AC brings auto rack train ACFCEX 04 down the MacArthur Bridge lead, and snakes through Valley Jct. to reach the old SP yard.

UP coal drag CBTJO 29 races southbound.

In classic NS style, 3 high hood geeps pull a transfer through Market Street and will soon deliver it to the terminal at their Madison Yard. Canon 350D.

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: After arriving in Avon, 425 and 433 go to work switching Barilla USA. This is not easy work, the inbound flour loads are quite heavy and the curvature of the track ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 7, Delaware Lackawanna: On their way back to Scranton, the engineer gently rolls into the throttle, as they roll past Larson Lake.

1 week later and unit 1091's headlights still havent been replaced, from what I understand, this is a FRA violation. Train is LSE59 17.

This CSX SD40-2, turns directly into the setting sun after getting permission from the dispatcher to pass a stop indication on a malfunctioning signal at W. Valley Park.

Here, UP 3300 the United Way SD40 leads the MASPR across a lake on the A&S just past Double Track Jct. The train is on it's way back up to Proviso in Chicago. Canon 350D.

This westbound stacker out of Lindenwood Yard rolls over the hilly terrain and the jointed rail of the Cuba Sub.

ILADU makes its way under the IL Route 3 bridge and slowly heads into the golden setting sun after getting a lunar signal into the yard. Canon 350D.

A&M ALCO's in 2022: A&M's territory is no easy stretch of railroad, with hallmarks of tight curves and steep grades. Even the Springdale Yard showcases just that, as the Rogers local comes ... (more)

Two BNSF SD70MAC's lead a string of empty hoppers around a sweeping curve just before reaching MP 12.5 on the River Sub.