Wheeling & Lake Erie, W&LE, SD40T-2 5413 (ex-DRGW) - SD40-2 6356 (ex-UP) - SD40X 3046 (ex-UP- EMD Demo), with a westbound on the ex-P&WV bridge over the Youghiogheny River bridge at, Banning, Penn... (more)
Having a little trackside snack of raspberries waiting for the train to arrive.
Just before sunset, BLE 900 gets lights out of United Taconite and starts the pull back to Proctor yard.
The Raleigh & Fayetteville's two RJ Corman six axles head into Raleigh to pick up a train of NS inbounds, crossing the NC Line and Aberdeen Sub main at Boylan in the process.
DM&IR, Duluth Missabe and Ironrange SD40-3 417-SDM's 317-307, just about to the top of Spirit Mountain, Duluth, Minnesota. April 18, 1999. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo
RJ Corman's Raleigh & Fayetteville Railroad (RFCC) operates former Norfolk Southern trackage between those two cities. One of the signature shots is the street running in Fayetteville, NC. From th... (more)
BLE 906 leading the way up to United Taconite's Fairlane plant to load iron ore.
A trio of BLEs navigate the crossover switches at Iron Jct. going from main 1 over to main 2 as they head back to Proctor with iron ore pellets from Minntac.
RF01 departs Fuquay-Varina with a train for NS at Raleigh.
A trio of BLEs with 139 ore cars loaded with pellets departs the Minntac mine property for the run back to Proctor, MN.
Sitting under a stormy sky, a former Southern Pacific EMD SD40T-2 awaits its next assignment in the Cane Fields in South Central Florida.
Iron ore loads from United Taconite head south on the CN Missabe Sub smashing bugs on the windshield along the way back to Proctor.
SP, Southern Pacific 9308-UP 9351 with a westbound at Soldier Summit, Utah. April 19, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo
A coal train bound for Searles highballs Bealville siding in the Tehachapis.
Tunnel Motor at MadisonI don't think I've ever seen a Bessemer and Lake Erie locomotive before, especially around St. Louis. This one is at Quality Rail Services for maintenance.