After picking up cars from Consolidated Grain in Louisville LIRC's J12A heads back to Jeffersonville as it crosses the Ohio River.

An everyday routine that is all part of history now. Kennecott copper used to run ore trains between the concentrator and smelter. It all done by pipe line slurry/conveyor now. So glad my dad was ... (more)

After dropping some cars at the CN interchange in Joliette, the Quebec Gatineau local on the St-Gabriel Spur is about to depart and bring 27 cars to the CRH Canada Joliette Cement Plant.

QGRY 2300 is putting its train together before heading up the St-Gabriel Spur with a healthy train of about 35 cars.

A trio of high cab GP39-2 794, 797, 795, are running south with an empty or train. Between the Smelter and the Loadout in Copperton.

The daily 663/664 drops down from the Hill as it approaches United Junction.

QGRY 2300 shoves a handful of cars towards the CN interchange at Joliette. At left is a signal protecting QGRY's crossing of CN's Joliette Sub.

The daily 663/664 rolls past the Oregon Rail Heritage Center and local residents of Portland.

QGRY 2300 is heading back to its train as it gets ready to head up the St-Gabriel Spur. The Quebec Gatineau has a small yard here where this local job is based.

A thick haze from the devastating Oregon wildfires envelops Washington County. Portland & Western's daily 663/664 is taking Cornelius Pass today with extra power to drop at Linnton.

QGRY 2300 is in the process of setting off 27 hoppers at the CRH Canada Joliette Cement Plant; once that is completed it will pick up 9 hoppers and head back towards Lanoraie. This is business tha... (more)

In One of the Many Moods of the Flatirons

A rare early Winter Storm ravaged the front range for 2 days between September 7 and 9. The Lafayette, CO local affectionately called ... (more)

A BNSF Railway freight, a transfer from Vancouver WA, has just arrived in the Willbridge section of Portland, with a pair of GP39-2s on the head-end: BNSF 2959 (the former Santa Fe 3684) and 2707... (more)

About to duck under the Pittston Street overpass, a northbound Delaware & Hudson train rumbles through Dupont, Pennsylvania.

A set of Delaware & Hudson power passes through the south end of Taylor Yard.