Known around the world, and arguably the best street running operation in the country, Chicago South Shore & South Bends’ iconic 11th street passageway, shuts down Sunday Feb. 27th, 2022, as pla... (more)

After a quick crew change in Marquette, CPs executive business train cruises south along the river, seen here passing the quiet beach town of Clayton, IA.

Still new to the Chicago area, one of the many new Metra SD70MACHs is seen here ducking under the famed CP Morgan signal set as it heads west for Elgin.

On a frigid morning, the newly instated Burns Harbor Railway switches out an NS grainer along Lake Michigan. Todays shuttle power features two aged leased MP15s. With rumors of grain traffic to th... (more)

After traversing the Mendota & Chicago subs during the day, NS takes control of coal loads for Detroit. Seen here snaking through downtown Chicago under the cover of darkness, with a BN 70mac up f... (more)

Paralleling BNSFs Copper City mainline, the Butte Anaconda & Pacific sees similar seldom volume, but has an upgrade for power with two very unique GP9s still operational. Heres one of the two, alo... (more)

Something not seen in the modern railroading era, that being a physical train order rolling handoff, occurred on the evening of April 11th. CNs former EJ&E “JB” Tower in West Chicago, IL, is o... (more)

A busy afternoon on the CN ore docs of Duluth, MN. Limestone loads crawl uphill while a boat loads ore from a different train. Todays loads are powered by two IC SD40s sandwhiching two old CN moto... (more)

An EJ&E SD38, still in its bright orange paint, cruises south through downtown Lemont with CNs L535 in tow.

This train brought railfans and photographers from all over the country, to converge on CSX Train Q165. This Q165 had 2 CM&Q SD40-2F “Barns”, leading 2 broken CP engines... one being the Air F... (more)

Exiting Bozeman Tunnel at the crest of its namesake pass, a BNSF rebuild 70mac screams over the hill releasing an incredible amount of smoke. At the rear of the train, a similar smoke effect would... (more)

Seen from atop a rocky hill, the MRL gas train curves into the tiny town of Weeksville, prepping to meet a train at Paradise a few miles out.

After going missing in action for nearly two years, for PTC and other miscellaneous upgrades, the sole Chicago & NorthWestern painted locomotive left on a class one railroad, heads point on an int... (more)

A bucket list location for many, the small river town of Bellevue, IA is home to one of the few areas in the midwest that makes the area look not so midwestern-like. Here we are high above the tow... (more)

Seen just north of the Shermer control point on UPs Milwaukee Sub, NS 8101 & NS 8114 take a massive consist of power, and a unit sand train, down towards proviso right in the middle of some thick ... (more)