P&W 2009 is in between Teknor Apex and the George Bennett Highway in Pawtucket, RI with a work train dumping ballast along the E. Providence Running Track.

P&W 2009 leads train PR-3 under the decrepit Pawtucket-Central Falls station, built in 1916 for the New Haven Railroad. The train is running along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.

In late evening light, the North Reading Fast Freight charges up the Lehigh Division main line north of the White Haven tunnel on its way to Pittston. The three SD40-2s have the train well in hand... (more)

With three venerable SD40-2s out front, the North Reading Fast Freight works upgrade toward Haucks as it splits the MP 102 automatics in Barnesville.

It appears that the Denver Rock Island Railroad has a new pony for their Denver-based stable. SDCX 88 was built in 1959 for the Southern Pacific as a GP9. It was later rebuilt as a GP9R for the ... (more)

Reflections on a Silt Pond

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local passes a silt pond near the loader at Markle, Pennsylvania. The green water in the pond still provides a reasona... (more)

A Rail Trusts Equipment Inc. SW1500 pulls a long string of covered hoppers over the levee and on towards the Port Allen Docks on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Crossing over the South Fork South Branch of the Potomac River. Two venerable locomotives push 32 loaded grain cars towards the Pilgrim's Pride mill seen in the distance. 12 additional cars will b... (more)

New England Central's Brattleboro, VT to Palmer, MA local turn, 611-25, is seen rolling northbound over the Connecticut River in East Northfield, MA, with 'heritage' GP38 3850 leading the SD40T-2 ... (more)

New England Central's Brattleboro, VT to Palmer, MA local turn, 611-25, is seen rolling back northbound over the Miller's River in Miller's Falls, MA, with 'heritage' GP38 3850 leading the SD40T-2... (more)

A couple of veterans pose on the siding track south of Green Spring. B&O 6240 built as C&O 6240 in the standard C&O paint in 1957 was transferred to the B&O and into Chessie colors and remains so... (more)

Some before work railfanning yields a shot of the GNRR working Pilgrims Pride at Univeter

While working west on our trip we stopped by the roundhouse at Huron. Huron has been the base for operations for many years for the railroads that have owned this railroad across South Dakota. Now... (more)

Montana Rail Link engineer Ralph Mackey carefully backs to a joint on waiting tank cars while making up MRL’s night gas local at Missoula, Montana, late on the rainy afternoon of September 21, 2... (more)

A short four-car Rarus Railway freight heads eastbound to the giant copper mine at Butte trundling along Silver Bow Creek between Silver Bow and Rocker, Montana, on September 25, 2006. This tracka... (more)