Way off the beaten path in the vicinity of Valmora, New Mexico, the westbound Southwest Chief, the lifeline of a number of small communities along its historic route, squeezes through a rock cut n... (more)

An exceptionally rare pair of SOO SD60s sprint south through the Mississippi Valley towards La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Metra 611 pulls out of the Wood Dale station at restricted speed after a driver broke the gate off of one of the cantilevers in town, which ironically, wasn't being protected by any police cruiser... (more)

Chicago's second major snow event of 2012 has Metra 111 running ten minutes behind schedule, much to the dismay of the few passengers on the westbound platform whom have no shelter from the snow a... (more)

Illinois Railway 5 and Great Western Railway 5625 run light east through Ladd, Illinois, after taking a load of hoppers to the BNSF Mendota Subdivision at Zearing. The power is now returning to La... (more)

Nabbing a suckerhole in the overcast skies of eastern Minnesota, the obviously less-than-desirable of the two motors leading H20 swings around the bend south of the Wabasha Yard.

Metra 108 leads an outbound scoot past tower B-17, a living relic of the Milwaukee Road.

Amtrak 129 leads the southbound Coast Starlight into Oakland's Jack London Square.

The EMD logo on the "new" trucks of IC 6071 still shows as a testament to the first SD40 ever manufactured.

The Chief rolls through the big city of Rowe.

Unlike it's counterpart, the Empire Builder screeches to a stop above the Wisconsin River for a stop at Wisconsin Dells. Normally it would have met the eastbound train already, but because of it's... (more)

Imported Iowa Interstate 7081 reflects off of the a rail in Geneseo, Illinois shortly before departing for Annawan with an excursion train. Taken safely under the supervision of an IAIS employee.

Eastbound on the Raton Subdivision through Raton Tunnel, cresting the highest point on the Santa Fe system and beginning the descent toward Trinidad.

It's a unique case of "Old Meets New", as Great Western Railway 5625 meets a few ES44s at Zearing while taking it's cars from the Illinois Railway and spotting them in the small yard off of the BN... (more)

This shiny SD59MX/SD40-2 duo keeps the Y-PRCP tradition of interesting power going as it crawls off of the Indiana Harbor Belt onto the home stretch of it's journey to CP's Bensenville Yard.