E748-11, with an old school leader, is eastbound at White Marsh on the Philadelphia Subdivision.

Haven't Seen Black Diamonds In Forever. A recent change in CSX's routing has brought unit coal trains to New York. As part of the detours around Baltimore to accommodate tunnel work, CSX C7... (more)

C748, a rerouted coal train runs south over the Riverline.

Led by a grizzled AC4400W, I158 rolls south.

As their GE motors echos across the valley, CSX 386 leads M580 by Nickajack Lake outside the small community of New Hope, Tennessee

With a solo AC4400 on the point, CSX priority intermodal Q001 races past empty ethanol and manifest freight K685 in Erie, Pennsylvania. With a CN SD75I and IC SD70, K685 has paused just before Dow... (more)

Creech, an Agonizing Wait, and a stellar result. After chasing C633 out to Loyall we heard them get an EC-1 to operate up to Creech on the former L&N Merna spur just south of Harlan, Kentucky, in ... (more)

CSX 368 waits to be refueled before departing the CN/CSX Intermodal Gateway.

The Elusive Shot (for me). This is Q211 on today's version of its daily run over the CN&L Bridge into Columbia, SC. I have wanted to catch this shot for over two years, but the timing hasn... (more)

An westbound CN train pops out of the tunnel with CSXT 386 at the point. Crossing over the BNSF Aurora Sub and then the mighty Mississippi into Iowa.

M337 westbound is about to bounce across the BNSF Aurora Sub at E. Dubuque, and cross into Iowa to switch Dubuque yard.

A 12 hour late Q134 heads through the south east connector at Deshler with a pair of ever common GE's leading.

E501-16 is in full dynamics as she rolls down the darbytown hill towards Fulton Yard. This angle lets you see the hill that caused U161 to stall out on yesterday.