A single unit pulls a long manifest east in Bascom, Oh. The front door is a brownish/gray color. It's been dubbed the "spirit of the brown door" by a few people I've talked to about it.
The flat farm land south of Valleyfield is a great place to stretch a train out. Montreal-Selkirk NY Canadian National 327 is heading south toward border.
On a hot summer morning, a loaded coal train powers up and creeps along the James River route after holding at the signals for a little while, as a second southbound train rolls by on the A-line a... (more)
Never forget. CSX released their 911 unit into the engine pool on May 3, 2019. While waiting to leave the yard, a chance passing meet occurred with CSX 212, ironically long the telephone area code... (more)
CSX has began using DPUs on many of their freight trains, case in point here on today's Q439 as ES44AC 819 brings up the rear as it pushes the end of the train onto Iona Island.
With UP 2556 leading the way, the Union Pacific train IMEMNB has reached the end of the CSX Memphis Terminal Subdivision and now merges onto the UP Memphis Sub at Kentucky Street. In the distance ... (more)
The day starts at sundown. For the oncoming crew of CSX Q136-06 (951, ES44AC-H) at Brunswick, Maryland, the workday has just begun. They enjoyed a beautiful sunset with the mountains of West Virgi... (more)
Westbound Union Pacific intermodal ZNPOA (North Platte, NE - Oakland, CA) passes through the signals in Verdi, Nevada, on main 1 of the UP Roseville Subdivision at MP 229.6.
As the sun sets in Memphis, the UP MNVPB is westbound leaving town on the Union Pacific main about to cross the Mississippi River on the Harahan Bridge. This train originates in Nashville with the... (more)
Southbound CSX train N760 passes through downtown Ashland, VA on the Richmond Fredricksburg and Potomac Subdivision.
An Eastbound hotshot intermodal highballs through Gary crossing under and running parallel to Norfolk Southern trackage.
UP 8169 leads a westbound covered hopper train on the KP near Bavaria, KS
CSX manifest freight Q576 starts down the quasi-street running of the Indiana Sub in Downtown Lawrenceburg.
CSX manifest freight Q576 splits the classic Rule 251 B&O CPL signals at Milepost BC 4.4 in Riverside.
