After meeting two eastbounds (the yard lead to the right is also the CTC siding), Saturday's Englewood - West Colton manifest gets rolling west again toward Del Rio.

The Marshall local climbs out of the Minnesota River valley, dashing for Marshall to clear up for a parade of northbounds behind two GP28 rebuilds with neat histories: -28P 1596 and -28M 1537 (ex-... (more)

UP 5194 West soars over the Cienega Creek Canyon and Track 2 at 1153.

With more and more of the former SP trestles being replaced with modern modular concrete spans, SD60M 2343 looks almost classy leading autoracks over Youngs Creek at restricted speed at 1241. A t... (more)

Today's MABA pulls south through beautiful downtown Bangor over the Kenduskeag Stream behind GP40s 350 and 305 at 1253.

Just after the passing of a westbound on Track 1, eastbound baretables glide down toward the underpass on Track 2 at 1140. The number of curves and grade changes in one train length on Track 2 in... (more)

SD38AC 202 (blt. 6/71) and 'SD40-3' 405 (ex-SP SD45T-2 6767, 9500, nee-SSW 9163, blt. 7/72) pull the MRF north out of Proctor. The limestone loads visible in the background will be radio blocking... (more)

A lone Dash 9 leads grain empties north over the Red River enroute (I think) to an interchange with Farmrail at Snyder. Many bugs (therefore birds) in the river valley and my picture! Time - 163... (more)

I grew up on Chessie/CSX, so I don't think of TX when I hear "loads east, empties west," but it works here, too. "Slip Germ" UFIX empties meet OGSX loads. (Only the first couple loads were compa... (more)

Appx. 14 miles west of Del Rio, the Houston stack train has just climbed up out of the Lake Amistad area.

The dynamic brakes of lead Dash 9 5217 and another sister whine as they bring a Houston-bound manifest toward a crew change at the south fuel pads at Temple.

WASE rolls into the Grounts Corner section of Millers Falls, MA, where the NECR crosses over Guilford after sharing the same right of way for a half of mile. A neat place. Time is 1822.

Elevated roster of GP40 316 (ex-CR, nee-PC 3209, built 11/68) leading the power off of terminating SEPO over to the shop.

Spring wildflowers help an otherwise nondescript location. Time - 1337

Yet another in the endless stream of Texas-Powder River empty coal trains, relatively brand new -70ACe 9393 and an older brother (and a DPU) work hard to keep 128 TXUX empties moving at track spee... (more)