A SD40-2 and GP60M lead M BIRGAL1 04A through WR Tower on the UP, visible in the background are various buildings of the old Granite City steel mill.

ALCO Safari Day 3, CVSR: A quick stop in Akron on my way East allowed me to catch the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic coming into the Akron station stop. The rear of this C420 is unmistakable as any... (more)

An incredably dirty SD70M head up MASKC 05 as it rolls out of downtown St. Louis.

With beautiful downtown St. Louis as a backdrop, a General Electric product quietly chugs away on CCJBT 01 in the late afternoon sun.

Highball!: After undoubtedly getting a diverging clear at Coon Creek, Ed cracks the throttle on UP 4014 for the last 20 or so miles to the Twin Cities. The train is coming off the BNSF Hink... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 7, Delaware Lackawanna: Unfortunately, there really isn't any good place to get the train between Scranton and Moscow, so we hurried ahead to Moscow. Here PO74 comes underne... (more)

A light engine move from Valley Jct. heads towards Dupo, check out the last loco, Ex BC Rail SD40-2. Train was YDU41 26.

UP MPIPB 25 is waiting for a Northbound to pass, so it can cross over and go South. In an attempt not to block the crossing ahead of them, they ended up blocking a school bus at the crossing behin... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: Not having much work this day, the MA&N crew makes a quick trip to downtown Rome to collect 3 empty flat cars from American Alloy Steel.

A UP SD60M and a former Espee SD40T-2 in Armour Yellow haul a ballast train through Kirkwood for a track project up the line a little ways.

On the Geneva Sub you will see a lot of former C&NW leaders, this is because all leading locos must be equipped with cab signals and automatic train stop, just like this ex.C&NW SD40-2 on this eas... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 3, WNYP: Upon arriving in Meadville, I scoped out the WNYP yard and was happy to find C430 #432 and C424 #428 quietly waiting in the yard for their Monday morning assignment... (more)

With a firey fall foliage backdrop, this coal drag waits to procede south behind a line of trains. Canon 350D.

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: After gathering the rest of their train, having to wait for track work and a WB intermodal, the MA&N highballs on the high iron. These GVT ALCOs are no slouches, an... (more)

A&M ALCO's in 2022: After a derailment on the Fort Smith bridge in early May stranded 3 for A&M's SD70's, the ALCO C420's were pressed back into road service. Showing they're worth keeping ... (more)