WC 7525, a SD45 originally built for Burlington Northern, sits tucked away in an engine line at the Illinois Railway Museum during Showcase Weekend.

While most Chicago railfans were enjoying Showcase Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum, me and a few friends ventured down to Lemont, Illinois to catch BNSF local train M-CHIGAL. When we heard ... (more)

IC 2457 meets a SB mixed freight at the Illinois/Wisconsin Stateline on CN’s Waukesha Subdivision.

LNAX 3043 descends the grade into Rockwood, Tennessee to interchange with Norfolk Southern on a rainy August morning.

SOU 4501, a 2-8-2 “Mikado” type steam locomotive, leads a TVRM excursion through the Missionary Ridge Tunnel.

All three of Nashville & Western’s B23-7s sit along Herman Street in Downtown Nashville. With newer GEs from the NERR on the property, RJ Corman has decided to put the old B23-7s up for sale.

A colorful assortment of locomotives sit at the Nashville & Eastern’s shops in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Shortly after switching the Nestle Chocolate plant in town, L504 crosses over Echo Lake with a pair of IC GP40Rs in the lead.

A Metra outbound train, led by a single F40PH-3, meets a pair of WSOR units at the Fox Lake station. It’s rare to see a meet between the two railroads in daylight. Wisconsin Southern usually ope... (more)

A Rochester and Southern slug sets sits outside the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Shops in Butler just as the sun shines its last rays.

The morning fog clears to reveal Bessemer & Laker Erie’s shops and roundhouse in Greenville, PA. Most of the buildings are abandoned and are rumored to be demolished in the future.

OHCR 8702, one of two former IC Paducah GP11s stationed in Youngstown, switches an industry in Brier Hill. With newer G&W painted units arriving on the property, the GP11s may not be around much l... (more)

A deer crosses the tracks as WE 2662, a former Southern Railway high-hood GP35, switches at the Solon industrial park. Don’t worry, she wasn’t hit.

WE 7016 passes an old car as it departs Norfolk Southern’s Moorman Yard in Bellevue, Ohio.

CSX Q165 cruises over the Indiana Harbor Canal with a pair of CMQ SD40-2Fs leading. I never would’ve thought a pair of former CP red barns would make their way to the Windy City in this day and ... (more)