A loaded coal train and empty coke train meet at Alpine on the James River Subdivision.
Westbound empty hopper train E120-04 is taking the James River Sub westward instead of it's normal journey over the Buckingham Branch. This one clocked in at 932 axles on the defect detector.
After a lull in action, an empty unit coal train breaks the silence in Fairhope as it works westward up Sandpatch Grade in the late afternoon sun.
Westbound Coal CSXT 828 near Auburn Indiana
Business has been busy on the CN this late summer and early fall, and with that the CN has been alittle power short too. When the CN gets power short Iowa tends to get alot more foreign power than... (more)
CSX's daily Selkirk to Waycross train approaches L'Enfant Plaza in downtown Washington DC with the Capitol Dome in the background. While it was cheery-blossom season that day, I believe those buds... (more)
The Morley Pusher just finished backing onto the 100 car unit coal train in Morley, TN. This train will head from here to Knoxville, TN.
After coming out of the helper pocket, a single light engine prepares to couple back on a southbound loaded coal train en route to Knoxville, Tenn., from Corbin, Ky. The Morley pusher will assist ... (more)
Another of many double stackers heads north by the concrete gator, the pickup trucks and the flagpole of the a great small southern town.
Due to track work on the line, L017 had stopped just shy of the bridge at Bort Road until permission was granted through this area. With permission received, the intermodal led by an ES44AC heads ... (more)
A lone AC unit takes empties across Copper Creek and back to the coalfields for a refill.
828 leads intermodal train Q195 down the hill at Fox and into Grand Rapids, where it will be quickly recrewed and continue towards Chicago. Q195 and it's eastbound counterpart Q196 were recently i... (more)
MTY's head back to Shelby Yard through Potter's Flat.
A new pair of matched GE AC's pull an EVWR coal train past the Southwind wye. It is going to Pattiki Mine in southern IL to load.
