Fresh painted Ranier Rail 5119.

#3 is found switching cars on the morning of 6/30.

Capital District Waterfront Railroading. The Albany Port Railroad is jointly owned by CSX and CPKC, and serves the waterfront adjacent freight lines that spiral throughout the port, providi... (more)

A pair of ITSX SD40-2's pull autoracks across a bridge as they drill the yard at the automotive unloading facility that is part of BNSF's Alliance Yard complex in Haslet, Texas. This units are ope... (more)

Moments after BNSF's Spokane to Alliance intermodal entered the yard, ITSX SD40T-2 no. 2839 begins shuffling a cut of UPS and FedEx containers and trailers around the southern end of the Alliance ... (more)

A Cleveland Works Railroad crew shoves a train of empty gons and loaded coil cars towards the yard used for interchange with NS at the Cleveland Cliffs Cleveland Works steel mill in Cleveland, Ohi... (more)

WRIX 1229 sits outside the grain elevator in Bloomington Illinois while hazy wild fire skies settle in over the Midwest

MPRX 2810 a former Southern High Hood GP38 rests at Johnston's Elevator along the BNSF Transcon in Oklahoma.

The sun peeks out from behind the clouds to illuminate the CEMEX plant switcher, SD60I #8774

KLWX 8774 rests outside the Cemex plant in New Braunfels, caked in dust

Hello old friend, it's been a while! At 83 years young, the EJ&E 450 is still alive today, but who knows for how much longer? An NW2 built in 1939 as the ATSF 2364, the 450 spends its days ... (more)

Modern version. Probably in Beckville. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

The BP Whiting Refinery recently had a new contract service take effect and Rail Switching Service (RSSX) was the chosen one. GP15-1 #685, formerly of Missouri Pacific heritage, is seen shuffling ... (more)

The south side of Chicago is full of treasures when it comes to trains. On the list of treasures is Maryland Pig Iron of Illinois' veteran Conrail SW8. Still in virtually untouched Conrail big blu... (more)

A treasure in Chicago's south side is Reserve Marine Terminals' former Santa Fe F7A #342L. Now leased by Horizon Rail as a rebuilt CF7, the 70 year old veteran (04/1953) is hard at work bringing a... (more)