A nice lashup of a SD40-2 "Can Opener", High Hood GP50 and the Maresk Sealand Unit break down C66

Two of the remote control locomotives that bring molten steel from the BOF to the casting mill look small compared to ET

This is one of the those shots that you've known how to get for years; you gotta wake up early, drag yourself out to the spot and accept the fact there is a 50/50 chance you won't see anything. Wi... (more)

A 10 hour layover while flying back to the states following a deployment in Southeast Asia provided me with a chance to check off a major item on any railfan's bucket list; ride Japan's Shinkansen... (more)

In the prewar years, one could easily confuse this area along Miramar Hill for Cajon Pass. For the most part it was nothing but wilderness and actually had as many as five locomotives stationed at... (more)

What a difference a year makes! On 22NOV08 I was trying not to slide off PA 53 while railfanning the West Slope following a massive blizzard. Today I had a tee shirt on and the windows down while ... (more)

Pretty much everything is this picture exist to produce the cargo for the train coming up the ramp; slabs. Note the NS Port Perry branch (far left) and URR mainline to the right of it. Other items... (more)

It wouldn't surprise me if some long time resident of the neighborhood has gone to the head doctor complaining of a case of recurring deja vu these last few months. CIRY pays its respects to those... (more)

10G passes derailed 11V on track three. 11V will leave from the derailed car back on three for C32 to come take care of later.

Certainly one of the busiest yards I've ever been to and I've been to alot of yards. In the hour I was on this bridge, I saw trains from 6 of the 9 North American class ones in addition to four se... (more)

The major custom between Cajon and Barstow is Cemex's Victorville plant. The plant has an in-plant railroad, the Mojave Northern, which shuttles material from the mine back to the plant. In this p... (more)

Thanks to a late drop off by NS at Slateford Jct, PT98 departed in the early AM, allowing for a rare Winter chase back to Scranton. Normally, PT98 departs Slateford Jct around dusk this time of ye... (more)

How many thousands of trains has this stately station seen pass by?

Clean enough to eat off of! Notice the reflections in the freshly painted and seemingly polished blacks on 452. The B&P sure does have some ugly units running around, but when you get a good lash ... (more)

With the palms green and flowers ablaze, its hard for an Easterner like me to get use to Christmas carols on the radio. What worse, people around here actually have the nerve to complain about it ... (more)