Here we see UP #4141 now on permanent display at the George HW Bush Presidential Library & Museum in Collage Station, TX.

Union Pacific’s Rio Grande heritage unit brings an empty set of coal hoppers bound for storage to the Mississippi Export’s yard in Helena, MS. After interchanging from CSX in Pascagoula, they ... (more)

INRD 9001 leads a loaded coal train out of Bear Run, passing the old Peabody drag line. The drag line was scrapped and the SD90's are stored nowadays. ETTS.

Starting the weekend after Thanksgiving and running through the weekend just before Christmas, Vermont Rail System Passenger Services trains covered a lot of ground in all areas of the state and n... (more)

It's rare for B&E road trains other than RJED and EDRJ to have anything other than an NS SD60E leading (due to PTC requirements over Keolis), so today's B101 was an exception. The train's SD60E l... (more)

A pair of Baldwin Sharks are acting as helpers on an ore train originating out of Whiskey Island yard on Lake Erie. PRR had trackage rights on the NYC here to reach PRR trackage in East Cleveland.

"Totaled at Toelles"

On October 19th, 2024, Amtrak Phase III Heritage P42DC 145 sits on the rear of southbound Hartford Line Shuttle Train 417 as crews work to clear a total... (more)

"BOAT! BRIDGE!"

On November 19th, 2024, my son, Greg, pauses playing with his new dump truck to witness history in the making, as the first of three Portal North Bridge arches/spans f... (more)

Earlier this week, Metra debuted F40PH #120 in a brand new paint scheme saluting veterans across the United States Armed Forces. Here, the handsome loco is seen arriving at the Joliet Transportati... (more)

Boxing Day Delivery. It was a cold post Christmas day eve on December 26, 2020 when BNSF 7196 (ES44C4, GE) was sitting in Amtrak's Chicago, Illinois Yard with a long string of brand new Sie... (more)

An unidentified Conrail freight train passes through Metropark in Iselin NJ on February 11, 1979, under the power of a pair of E44 electrics. I had no idea at this time that these motors only had ... (more)

Near Miss!
CN train 594 came within about 20 feet of hitting this car at the crossing. No issues with snow or ice, the driver of the SUV stopped on the tracks looking directly at the tra... (more)

P&E local moving west with GP7 5621 dressed in black and gray lightning strips and silver trucks with the P&E logo on the cab, at Champaign, Illinois on March 21, 1956. The Peoria & Eastern Rail... (more)

More locomotives for the FIT. In addition to the SD70M (already operating in southeastern Mexico), some SD70MACs will now arrive. This railway now promises a lot of work and a great variety of loc... (more)

Tefft Tonight!

Amidst the inky depths of Animas Canyon, situated in close proximity to Purgatory Ski Area, the Durango and Silverton Railway’s historic K-28 locomotive, #473... (more)