Spring 2022, part of the winter that wouldn't die. Regardless the railway gears up for another busy maintenance season as westbound CWR movement blasts through a freshly plowed roadway.

A double consist winter work train pulls into the siding at Mackenzie to setout the first part of its consist. The first 5 cars (complete with white caboose) belonging to the tailend of an upcomin... (more)

ECOtastic. La Crosse-St Paul road local H19 is large and in charge, with 107/51, 18367 tons, 8364’. Counterpart H20-02, with a single motor, is in the hole for this monster wayfreight.

The Mississippi River crested at an all-time high the previous evening and the water is still incredibly high in all low-laying areas of the Quad Cities. Rather than shut down operations, the CP i... (more)

CSX K682 heads south on the River Subdivision past the NYS&W engine facility in Ridgefield Park, with a bright red CP ECO unit in the lead. Various NYS&W power lays over for the weekend on the adj... (more)

An empty ethanol train bound for Mona, IA, works west on the Mason City Sub. The train is currently between Luana and Postville as it snakes around to follow the ridge lines to minimum grades in n... (more)

Out in northeast Iowa is a mountain of a grade on the Mason City Sub. The Calmar Hill is a 1.4% grade that runs for about 4 miles between Fort Atkinson and Calmar. The area is mostly inaccessible,... (more)

Permission on the Garden State Secondary

After waiting for Conrail Shared Assets Job OI-16 to clear the interlocking, CSX K682 proceeds South at CP Fran as they come off the Na... (more)

A CP ECO rebuild leads its train across the Iona Island Trestle.

Manhattan Skyline at the Golden Hour

A loaded Chemical Coast bound ethanol train crosses Upper Bay Bridge behind an eclectic EMD pair in astonishing golden hour light. Shining ... (more)

Rebuilt ECO's at Ridgefield Park

While an NYSW SD33-ECO spends Sunday afternoon at rest with the rest of the Southern Divison assigned power, loaded ethanol train CSX K682 head... (more)

A Canadian stranger to the CSXT River Sub leads a loaded ethanol on a frigid Sunday morning out of Selkirk Yard.

A stranger to the CSXT River Sub leads a loaded ethanol on a frigid late morning towards Sacks Road past the old NYC signals along Route 9W. The unusual power set was taken off a K408 at Buffal... (more)