Amtrak's Eastbound Capitol Limited departs Cumberland, passing by Mexico on a beautiful December morning.

After a day's worth of photo events, the eastbound train back to Cumberland has just departed Frostburg as seen from the conductor's side of the WM501. We'll make one more stop at Trimble Road for... (more)

WMSR conductor Richard Markle stands on the rear platform of WM caboose 1813 as photographers position for another photo run-by on the photo freight charter. Thanks to Markle and the entire WMSR c... (more)

After dumping ashes just around the curve to the right, WMSR 734 works westbound on #2 track at Frostburg as seen from WMSR GP30 #501 at dusk. A short time later the photo charter would be heading... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Capitol Limited slows for its crew change and station stop at Cumberland.

Eastbound Q296 gets underway at Mexico following on approach signals behind Amtrak's Capitol Limited.

WM 734 makes a brief stop at Trimble Road and is met by a local resident. Thanks to Pete Lerro for organizing the photo charter, Steve Barry for lighting, and the entire WMSR crew for a long day'... (more)

NS 707 sits on the mainline giving a roll-by to this westbound empty hopper train 73A as it ducks into the siding at Boone with its shoving platform/cab on the rear.

DPU's on the rear of a northbound coal train drop downgrade through the signals at mp 341.3 between Cliff and Bealville.

BNSF 753 leads another warbonnet and a BN SD60M on an eastbound freight as it grinds through downtown Kingman, AZ.

NS 7560 leads two other GEVO units eastbound on loaded coal train 770 as it drifts along US Highway 23 through Duffield, VA at 10:50 a.m. This is a test train testing the use of distributed power ... (more)

Traffic at the busy Maple Ave. road crossing in the back ground wastes no time crossing behind this westbound Metra as it glides under the signal bridge at Fairview just prior to its scheduled 3:1... (more)

Four SD70Ms lead an eastbound stack train across Meridan Road just west of Rochelle, IL on a frigid December morning following the first major snowfall of the year.

Winter's first blast of arctic air with overnight temperatures dropping into the single digits left this GP15 at Rochelle with a very icy walkway as seen in this 10mm shot from ‘snow’ level.

Winter has found Rochelle in a big way! UP 4054 leads an eastbound freight through the heavy, wet snow deposited by the first winter storm of the season which passed through the region on Dec. 1st... (more)