Illinois Railnet's Eola turn heads eastbound on BNSF's Chicago Subdivision above downtown Aurora to Eola yard where it will deliver its train. The Hudson Bay SD50s have been regulars for quite som... (more)

Working back towards Ottawa, Illinois, the Illinois Railnet Eola turn sails across the Fox River just outside of Sheridan. Thanks to Don Kalkman for the lighting assistance.

The first repainted locomotive from Wisconsin and Southern's recently reopened paint booth was the WSOR 4030 on the morning of June 30th. This unit was the former 4025 which featured the railroad'... (more)

Heading west towards Limon, Kyle 5322 leads a U30B into the town of Flagler, Colorado. The exhaust blowing sideways is from the seemingly ever-present wind that blows in this part of the Midwest.

With National Train Day complete, the PRR trainset begins its journey back east from Chicago. The train is crossing the south branch of the Chicago River at the 21st Street Interlocking. The rails... (more)

DMVW's Russell plow number 160 heads west towards Wishek pushed by SD50Fs 5439 and 5418. The railroad has been shut down since before Christmas and the plow is cleaning up the right of way prior t... (more)

After spending the day plowing the DMVW mainline between Hankinson and Fullerton, Russell plow number 160 (a former Northern Pacific plow) lays over at Fullerton for the night before continuing we... (more)

The former Monon semaphores at South Romney, Indiana, stand guard in what would be their final winter protecting trains in Indiana. The signals would fall March 25, 2009.

Drifting downgrade along the west bank of the Palouse River, a loaded grain train emerges from tunnel 14 and is about to enter tunnel 13 in the Palouse River Canyon.

Heading northbound on the 43-mile branch known as the Lead Line Subdivision, BNSF 4244 crosses Huzzah Creek in the Mark Twain National Forest. The line at this point has a little over one year lef... (more)

CP's snow plow 401015 makes its second pass through a cut just north of Arlington, Wisconsin, on the M&P Subdivision. The 10-mph line is prone to drifting and this winter the snow was bad enough t... (more)

Heading westbound on the Bayard Subdivision, BNSF 4221 leads another B23-7 and a GP30 west towards Council Bluffs. This was once the Milwaukee Road mainline across Iowa.

With a light rain falling and fog drifting through the trees, NS train U20 hauls another train load of coal off the Tug Fork branch deep in the heart of coal country.

With a relief crew onboard, WNY&Ps Driftwood Turn pulls out of Port Allegany headed north towards Olean, New York.

Engineer John Richards takes Iowa Traction trolley 727 east from Emery with a Steve Glischinski railfan special. The passengers are members of the railfan group who are riding to Mason City while ... (more)