Laying over between runs at Goodland, Kansas, are Kyle Railroad GP40s 3100 and 3101. Each of these engines began life working for the New York Central, then Penn Central and later Conrail (with t... (more)

A close up look of the ARMS barge, Anchorage Provider, being unloaded at Whittier. This barge not only hauls freight cars but also containers that are stacked on racks above the rail cars. If one ... (more)

Heavy fog blankets the morning as this empty coal train blast south toward Williamson, WV. This is one of the few coal towers left on NS in West Virginia. This tower might be a short time due to a... (more)

With 3 GE's on the head end and 3 GE's on the rear end this coal train is working hard up the grade south of Pax. In a couple miles things wouldn't go as well as this train would get a knuckle . T... (more)

A quick shower has everything steaming up due to the warm ground. A westbound coal empty rolls thru the East end of Hull a few miles west of Ieager right after a small downpour.

Lightning races across the sky as the sound of thunder fills the air. The rain is coming down in sheets as I get soaked to the bone. A westbound has just rolled into Altoona and the EOTD can still... (more)

With the severe flooding in North Dakota, the water in one of the lakes just outside of Sanborn, ND is almost up to the top of the BNSF causeway.

The quarters are cramped and the hazards abound as we watch the crew of Nevada Northern's Steam Wrecking Crane A go about the business of clearing a derailment. In front of them, there is rotati... (more)

When a derailed hopper has the yard tied up in knots, who ya gonna call? Ya call out "The Big Hook", that's who. In this scene, Nevada Northern's Steam Wrecking Crane A makes short work ... (more)

In the spirit of this political season, I bring you Change. Change you can count on, or could, until this train ran over it. Nailed and spit out by Axle #1, it's a heartbeat away from being batt... (more)

Movie stunt train for Lethal Weapon 4 shot on location in Downtown Los Angeles on North Main Street at the L.A. River and Union Pacific crossing. Note the “fake” crossing gate mounted to the p... (more)

My son and I enjoying fishing and rail fanning

An empty Cargill grain train heads thru the streets of La Grange northbound towards Cincinnati, OH. This train is running on the LCL Sub which runs from Louisville, KY to Cincinnati, OH, a total o... (more)

With the sunrise around 6:54 am, the Q278 creeps thru La Grange at 7:11 am with very low light. The train is about to pass over main street at La Grange. The train has a restricting at the south e... (more)

With many railfans around the Cincinnati area for Summerail, many were chasing trains on the LCL Sub between Louisville and Cincinnati the day before. Here a northbound creeps thru La Grande as ma... (more)