With 110 loads of coal for Tidewater export, NS DC-to-AC conversion AC44C6M No. 4039 eases across the Virginian Railway-built trestle at Sweeneysburg. 110 cars back, a quartet of Watco-owned SD60s... (more)

CN 3023, CN’s EJ&E Heritage Unit, was close to derailing after its train picked a switch north of JB Tower in West Chicago.

CN C40-8 2036 leads train Q102 through a winter wonderland on the Edson Sub just east of Swan Landing.

As the sun prepares to set on Chicago, Union Pacific Northwest train #647 begins its trip to Harvard with Metra's newest creation in charge. Leading the way is METX #90, looking great in Chicago &... (more)

Hundreds of locomotives are being stored at Roanoke as freight traffic drops during the pandemic.

UP 1111, the "Powered By Our People" locomotive, leads a nine car officer special as it races across the grass land of Bushnell, NE; near the Nebraska- Wyoming state line. While traffic ... (more)

Eight years after the Milwaukee Road pulled out.....the BN had purchased the mainline from Easton to Renton,WA. the BN rips it all up for scrap at Hyak,WA......company housing at Hyak still has HY... (more)

Blowdown at Sunrise

The newest coal mine in the US, built in 2009 is now loading upwards of 53,000 tons of coal a day for export. After the crash of 2015 and demand for coal softening, the future of this new mine was... (more)

Fairly new CP SD70ACU 7033 brings up the rear of ethanol train 650 across the Canada/U.S border. About half of the consist is in the United-States.

CN Q117 makes its southbound departure from Markham Yard with the Wisconsin Central heritage unit in charge. It's seen passing the Homewood railfan platform. From here, the train will continue sou... (more)

Older EMD and GE locomotives sit at the east end of NRE’s Silvis facility. The units labeled “Lewis” are sadly destined for scrap.

At 00:39 on 01/17/69, southbound Illinois Central passenger train #25 led by a trio of E-units collided with a northbound freight that went past a red signal at Indian Oaks. Three people, includi... (more)

With threatening skies overhead, BNSF 6689 leads the Denver, CO to Laurel, MT manifest through Niwot, CO on May 27th, 2020.

20 seconds into my time exposure and this happened. A single bolt of lightning from a severe thunderstorm moving out over the Atlantic, fanned out across the entire sky. Brand new crossing gates... (more)