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)
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)
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.
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)
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.