Around lunchtime on a beautiful day in south Chicago, grain loads from Iowa crawl south by the 43rd Street pedestrian bridge with worn EMD product up front.

Jeff Denney is in the engineers seat on Georgia Northeastern GP18 #8705 as they take a grain train north coming into Woodstock,GA on a summer afternoon in 2013. Jeff has long since moved on from t... (more)

2020 was the last year for grain trains on the Georgia Northeastern since Pilgrims Pride decided to build a new plant off the CSX at Fairmount,GA dealing a huge blow to the GNRR. I was fortunate t... (more)

CEFX GP39-2 #421 is tied down on the short siding at Holly Springs as engineer Kenny brings a loaded grain train up the steep ruling grade on their way to Pilgrims Pride.

Im not a fan of shooting across busy roads but this scene with 6 EMD's lugging a unit grain train up the hill was too good to pass up. GNRR GP10 #7562, GP9 #6576, GP38-2's #9706, #9708, GP18 #8705... (more)

Georgia Northeastern GP10 #7562 leads a loaded grain train across the Little River north of Woodstock.

GNRR geeps bring 21 loads of chicken feed north through Holly Springs bound for Pilgrims Pride a couple miles away

An ex Kennecott Copper Railroad GP39-2 leads a Georgia Northeastern grain train bound for Pilgrims Pride in Canton north through downtown Woodstock.

With 35 loads of chicken feed and 4 cars for Tate it takes most of the Georgia Northeastern roster to heave this heavy train up the stiff grades along the former L&N Hook & Eye Line. Old head engi... (more)

a long train of West bound Grain loads led by a pair of BNSF ES44DC's, roll across the long causeway just West of the little town of Lyle, Washington. Lyle is towards the East end of the beautifu... (more)

The golden glow of the rising sun highlights a westbound grain train disturbing the early morning silence at Logan, Montana. The Gallatin River is steaming nicely on this crisp summer morning alon... (more)

Santa Fe silver and red might not be as fitting here as the orange and green on the trailing GE but the wind-sculpted snow bank certainly is.

A nice Cascade Green grain train rolls down the west slope of Marias Pass.

A grain train with a nice set of SD40-2s waits for helpers at Livingston before heading up Bozeman Pass.

These solid green unit grain trains with matching units were the pinnacle for Cascade Green fans. Here a pair of helpers shove a loaded train towards the summit of Marias Pass.