The eastbound Empire Builder departs downtown St. Paul on a beautiful late Spring morning in the Twin Cities.

NS 956 passes the post office at Markham with two special units leading in some sweet lighting.

NS 956 passes the old depot at The Plains with two special units leading.

Worms To GCT At The Flyover. On the morning Thursday, August 22, 2024, NTA Metro-North Railroad Train 1831 was "linked" (Danbury speak for turned around) prior to departure for Gr... (more)

Eastbound BNSF stacks approach Hoffman with downtown St. Paul in the background on a beautiful late Spring day in the Twin Cities.

NS 956 with two special units leading heads through CP Allison after meeting 27A.

A pair of remote control GP38-2's work a Union Pacific local north of Des Moines, Iowa on a summer evening, pulling a cut of cars out of the Hull Avenue Yard and up the Ankeny Industrial Lead. The... (more)

Shenandoah Valley's entire locomotive roster is running around some empties in Weyers Cave as part of the daily freight job. Some old friends are stored in the siding, making for a nice group of p... (more)

CLNA's 120 job is showing flashes of the past with Regional Rail's heritage painted GP15s sporting Original NS paint on home rails. 1501 & 1502 are finally paired together as they bring 120 into t... (more)

Like a rolling pipe line, B779 with UP 7034 leading the way slithers into Guilderland through Auto-29 approaching the abandoned Fullers road bridge.

I115 heads out of Hagerstown with the 1982 leading.

In some sweet lighting, I115 heads through "Guilford" where the former low grade line and the main split. The route to the left has been out of service since about 2000 or so when the l... (more)

I115 passes a barn, now a landscaping business on the CSX Lurgan Subdivision.

I115 heads out of the Chambersburg Intermodal Terminal and begins its trip to Bedford Park, IL. In the background just ahead of the farm the former "low grade" route is visible but long... (more)

WW102 trots up the WW WST (former Conrail Winchester Secondary Track) with five cars, including four loads of scrap from my yard.