The Everything That Moves Trolley Parade. On Saturday, September 4, 2021, the Connecticut Trolley Museum celebrated its 81st Anniversary. A day full of events in East Windsor, Connecticut h... (more)

Sunday In St. Paul. Minnesota Commercial Railroad (MNNR) 58 (née-LMX 8581, B39-8E) and 84 (LMX 8543, B39-8E) assemble a manifest train near Transfer Road in St. Paul, Minnesota on the morn... (more)

A WB intermodal passes through the junction with Amtrak and CSX at Porter.

A WB South Shore passenger train passes freight power as it approaches the Hegewisch station.

A WB IHB transfer run crosses under the Canadian National (ex Illinois Central) while an EB UP freight holds for a signal at Dolton Junction.

Beep: For several years, Norfolk Southern's one-of-a-kind battery locomotive - BP4 #999 - lingered sadly at the shops in downtown Roanoke. Apparently, it had suffered significant damage to ... (more)

Steam Show: Watching N&W 611 leave Roanoke on one of its last mainline excursions was the first time I'd seen a proper display of mainline steam power.

Orange You Glad You Got Up Early? At not long after daybreak a distinctive and unusual sight to crosses Sandusky Bay near Danbury, Ohio, on the morning of July 29, 2021 as BNSF Railway 8017... (more)

A WB freight passes a yard full of derelict equipment as it enters Altoona on a steamy August morning. The pair of GP35 powering the train were built for the PRR in 1964.

A private corporation operated the Auto Train 1971-1981. One of the carrier's brightly colored locomotives idles prior to departure from Lorton, VA.

Noteable Oranges. The eyes of the Met Sub were fixated on an out of town duo for a few days in late June as BNSF Railway SD70ACes 9288 and 9037 arrived on CSX G124 and worked a variety of l... (more)

Waiting for an air hammer to clear a frozen switch.

Waiting for Hill 5 to finish loading.

Not Fooling Anoyone. On June 3, 2011, HLCX 5960 (ex-NS 6523 exx-HLCX 5960, exxx-CRIX 5960, exxxx-UP 5960, née-CNW 8030, SD60, 9/1986) leads a Norfolk Southern Corp manifest train over form... (more)

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)