The westbound Harbor train struggles to reach Cajon Summit as leader 8162 pours out black smoke suffering from a serious case of turbo lag.

Family Lines is becoming an operational reality as L&N C30-7 7008 - in Family Lines paint - heads north toward Birmingham on the SCL/ACL/AB&C/AB&A... future CSX.

A DYING BREED... Of these three C30-7s, only one is still on the road as of Dec 2011. MMA 5018 (front) and 5021 (back) both have a broken crankshaft. Middle unit is 5026.

Union Pacific's Geneva to Comstock ore empty climbs westward through the Beer Creek sag on the approach to Payson, Utah. On the point are a pair of GE locomotives including a 1980 blt. C30-7 and a... (more)

It seemed after the Southern Pacific Santa Fe merger was denied by the ICC in July 1986, the Santa Fe couldn't repaint their fleet of 'Kodachrome' units fast enough. At that point in time, many cl... (more)

As the sun rise over the city, Montreal-Millinocket Maine train #2 breaks the early morning silence as it crosses the Richelieu River/Chambly Canal lock # 9.

With a matched set of 5 six motor C-Boats at hand, the hogger is gently pulling through the connector in Saginaw, TX at CP 11, leaving the former Santa Fe to access the former FW&D and handle this... (more)

8004 leads a Westbound by the helpers on an Eastbound coal train.

This is my 1000th photograph accepted to this site. Sort of a run-of-the-mill railfan picture. Not very special to be number 1000. But at least it was the 4th of July.

southbound BN coal load climbing through Castle Rock with namesake rock in distance

Ballast train A013 meanders south through dear old Loachapoka behind a pair of heartwarming Dash-7 motors. Both units wear proper CSX paint and look fantastic. This is the sort of thing I would ha... (more)

I would like to dedicate this one to the GE fans. Here we find ballast train A013 working its way south on the old Western Railway of Alabama at my beloved "Cotton Patch Crossing" in Auburn (other... (more)