Former Milwaukee Road E9 30-C, now Amtrak 406, slows to its station stop at Sturtevant, past the Klinkert Hotel, which was kiddy-corner from the Milwaukee Road station. The Klinkert dates to an e... (more)

South Shore freight engines make-up their train to head south to LaPorte and Kingsbury.

Second Generation Branch Line. On the evening of Tuesday, July 21, 2020, Genesee & Wyoming's San Joaquin Valley Railroad 2122 (BL20-2, EMD, 1992) leads SJVR 3000 (Progress Rail PR30B) and a... (more)

South Shore Style. In 1927, the Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railroad opened its 11th Street Station in Michigan City, Indiana. The station featured a retail outlets including a lun... (more)

Albany-Renssealer In Transition. Amtrak P32AC-DM 712 was painted in Phase IV when it was getting set to depart on May 24, 2000. The main station was under construction with a sign stating &... (more)

A CN crew switches the north end of the Wisconsin Rapids yard in preparation for a NB departure.

Sole Survivor. On February 16, 1993, STCUM control car 900 (Vickers, 1969) prepares to lead a commuter train from Gare Windsor in Montreal, Quebec. On April 23, 2021, after more than a deca... (more)

10 locomotives lead a SB UP manifest freight through rural Kenosha County.

A pair of GP20-ECO units kick cars at the east end of Muskegon Yard in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley on a beautiful Saturday morning.

Steam Storm: A mixture of happenstance and convenient timing provided an opportunity to observe what ended up being one of N&W 611's last big public excursions as it departed Roanoke in the... (more)

Darth Vader Curves. Illinois Central/Canadian National Railway Company1021 (SD70, EMD) leads a lengthy manifest train through the interlocking approaching Champaign Yard in Champaign, Illin... (more)

CP's Rondout Turn takes some headroom before shoving back into the SC Johnson manufacturing plant.

In the early morning hours on a cool September morning, a westbound mixed freight crawls through the yard in Bluefield.

Two For One. Metra F40PH-3s 105 (9/1977) and 119 (10/1977) have just passed under CP Taylor and arrive at Chicago Union Station on the evening of Tuesday, January 26, 2021. The streamlined ... (more)

Unusual Freight. Kansas City Southern 3928 and 3943 (SD70MAC) were tasked with a short move from the KCS Yard to to New Orleans Public Belt Railroad on the early morning of Friday, July 17,... (more)