Built as GE AC4400CW No. 205, CSX-rebuilt AC44CM No. 7225 is the solo head-end leader of a unit coal train from the mines of eastern Kentucky, seen here eastbound through Marmet, W.Va., on CSX's e... (more)

Photog unknown....from my collection....

MRL's Gas Local on the return trip from Thompson Falls, MT, to Missoula, MT.

Photog Chione....from my collection..

Soo Line train 220 heads east out of Savanna, Illinois, at 12:25 p.m. on October 24, 1992. The railroad’s abandoned, former Milwaukee Road yard at Savanna is still populated by a large assortment ... (more)

Photog R E Luckenbill..... from my collection.......100mph thru Tomah....timetable speed limit.....could be more getting a run at the hill that leads to Tunnel City.......The year is 1935.

The last of the stored locomotives at Ravenna. Two weeks previous they were buried in a sea of box cars,

Bridge to nowhere...This is all that's left of an industrial siding off the former Clinchfield RR just north of Marion NC. The siding served the American Thread Company, now known as Coats North A... (more)

A Texas-bound Utility Fuels (UFIX) coal train is slowing to a halt in Palmer Lake, Colorado. After the entire train is on the single-track, the helpers will push the caboose back a few hundred yar... (more)

Two employees confer while working on GE C44-9W No. 9632 in Union Pacific’s North Platte Diesel Shop work on May 4, 2011. UP Dash 9 No. 9632 is former Southern Pacific No. 8168.

A Westbound unit grain train is seen just after cresting the 5,213-foot summit at Marias Pass. Summit Mountain, which has a peak of 8,770 feet is seen in the background on the right. The 8,609-foo... (more)

One final trip over the hill.... U86 crosses the iconic curved ex-Virginian bridge at Garwood, West Virginia on their way to Clarks Gap to clean out the storage cars from the yard. This is most li... (more)

Storming Through the Meadows

Track speed on the high mountain meadows east of Rocky, Colorado Amtrak 6 is ducking below a rapidly developing severe thunderstorm cell abou... (more)

12 minutes until 0700 hours, March 2nd of 2019 and most Monday through Friday'ers are sleeping in to start the weekend. Folks who don't have a steady schedule are probably awake, sipping their cof... (more)

The late evening sun casts a warm glow on a collection of goodies at CN's Woodcrest Shops. We have a GMD GMD1u, a CN GP9RM, a CN GP38-2W and a BLE tunnel motor altogether. It's no surprise seeing ... (more)