Launched in 1986, Norfolk Southern's Triple Crown service pioneered one of the most unique intermodal ventures railroading has ever seen. Known to many as 'roadrailers', the standard 53' Triple Cr... (more)

A trio of Wheeling's colorful SDs lead empty stone hoppers under the US 250 overpass between New London and Greenwich on the CSX former Conrail Big Four. Wheeling trains use CSX trackage between N... (more)

Wheeling & Lake Erie train 237 motors westbound by the expansive Gerber Feed Service campus outside the village of Kidron on the railroad's Brewster Sub. 237 and counterpart 238 handle interchange... (more)

Baltimore bound pig train 24M passes through CP 360 on NS's Chicago Line outside Butler, IN. After receiving a report about this train, and traveling 90 minutes to this location, I arrived to see ... (more)

Minntac loads hold the main line at Biwabik for an empty train coming north out of Two Harbors. The yard here sees little use these days other than as storage space for unused railcars.

Norfolk & Western 611 storms westbound up the grade of the Norfolk Southern Christiansburg District with an excursion bound for Radford, VA. I was the very first person to arrive at this location.... (more)

Union Pacific operates a few trains over BNSF's Chillicothe and Marceline Subs between Chicago and Kansas City. In recent years, it seems the number of UP trains has dwindled. On a visit to the Ch... (more)

CSX unit autorack train Q243 makes track speed through the village of Pemberville, OH, halfway between the yard at Walbridge and the iron triangle in Fostoria. The train is seen passing under the ... (more)

Limestone loads headed for Fairlane move north by the old Saginaw depot along CN's Missabe Sub in the late evening. A look at photos previous to my visit showed that there was no Saginaw sign on t... (more)

MRL's daily night gas local moves along the banks of the Flathead River between Dixon and Perma on the railroad's Tenth Sub. Both the river and the Tenth Sub end at Paradise, where the Clark Fork ... (more)

As the sun sets on a beautiful summer day in the Montana mountains, a doubled-up BNSF empty coal and grain train glides eastbound preparing to descend the grade of Winston Hill on the east side of... (more)

With just over a year of service left before its rebuilding, NS 8837 leads a unit autorack train eastbound down the Sandusky District after coming off the Fostoria District in Bellevue. 8837 would... (more)

The CSX Pemberville Sub across NW Ohio was the final holdout for Chesapeake & Ohio style signals in the entire state up until 2018. Most wayside block signals, with a few exceptions, were full sig... (more)

Fifteen miles from the border of Idaho, situated along the Clark Fork River, lies the small village of Noxon, Montana. Montana Rail Link's former Northern Pacific mainline passes through here and ... (more)

A pair of consecutively numbered IC SD70s lead the daily Gary, IN to Centrailia, IL train A408 south through the small village of Pesotum, IL on the former Illinois Central 'Main Line of Mid-Ameri... (more)