An A-B-A set of F9PH's screams through Madison, MO as they head east toward Decatur, IL with an officers special. Canon 350D.

ALCO Safari Day 8, Delaware Lackawanna: Pulled all the way down to DL's new Von Storch shops, DL3 has a little power hostling to do at the shop before tieing up for the day.

This crew rushes to get their train put together under the increasingly threatening sky. They would finish their work just as the severe weather came through.

Sometimes the unexpected will show up, today it was this ballast train with the ICE (ex. Susie Q) SD45 as the second unit. Canon 350D.

Just after sunset IHOYC 06 patiently waits for a signal at North Dupo as the line of trains ahead slowly progress through Valley Jct. Canon 350D, 28-80mm. f/5.6 @ 15 sec.

MASKC rolls down grade through the spectacular rock cut at Barretts with a solid lash-up of tri-clops SD60M's. This is probably the last place on the UP system to see solid 3-unit SD60 lash-up's d... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: At the end of the Air Force base trackage, the MA&N crew goes about switching Sovena USA, an olive oil manufacturer. These heavy loads may very well be tanks of you... (more)

A NS freight rolls through the crossovers in front of a Terminal transfer with A&S power. Canon 350D.

A vetran DASH 8 and a new rookie GEVO hustle this southbound at track speed to get to and clear the North Byers siding switch for the work train. Temperatures topped 98*F today, with high humidit... (more)

Having A Bad Day: H20 is having a very bad day. Just outside St. Paul, their second unit had major problems, and is now dead-in-tow, on top of that, their leader only has 3 working traction... (more)

QASLIX 07 highballs southbound at sunset, while dark clouds slowly creep in in the background.

Short and fast: 9-198 cooks through the super-elevated's just South of Lakeview Siding along the frozen Mississippi River. At just a hair over 3000ft, running at track speed, they were gone... (more)

This GP50 was tamed, having it's 3,500hp brute of a 645F reduced to a docile 2,000hp, making it a GP38. NS did this to a lot of GP50's, filling its need for low HP road switchers. Canon 350D, 75-3... (more)

How often do you get to see a SD70M running long hood forward? Even if it is just a light power move.

Luck must be with me! A BN SD60M with a three-peice windshield, in the "white-face" scheme with a trailing Santa Fe Geep peek around the curve at MP13.3.