An eastbound empty coke train, with a MAC doing the honors, crosses over and hits the diamond at Deshler on a cold and sunny morning.

With a CSX SD70MAC and a CN Canadian cab Dash 9 for power, M337 awaits a new crew at the plant in Riverside. A recrew would show up about a half hour later and take the train west.

Executive MAC 9822 assists in shoving a loaded coal train through Spruce, Colorado.

A pair of Grinstein executive SD70MACs had DPU duty shoving a loaded coal train through Spruce, Colorado.

A pair of Grinstein executive SD70MACs were caught shoving a loaded coal train through Greenland, Colorado.

Even before I had speedlites, I knew that this shot was one I would want to try if I ever got them. X541 with a rebuilt SD70MAC & CM44AC combo woulds provide for an interesting power consist for m... (more)

A freshly rebuilt SD70MACe leads a mixed freight up the Scottslawn.

On a bright and frigid January afternoon, intermodal train Q112 approaches the LaFarge Cement Crossing led by the bright future nose of a CSXT 762 “Mac” & SD40-2 duo. I never had much luck ge... (more)

Unusual Freight. Kansas City Southern 3928 and 3943 (SD70MAC) were tasked with a short move from the KCS Yard to to New Orleans Public Belt Railroad on the early morning of Friday, July 17,... (more)

A BNSF MAC duo takes a northbound autorack train through Fordland.

A rare all EMD consist lugs a westbound Kansas City, KS to Wellington, KS manifest, made up of mostly autoracks, through the crossovers at Lebo

The locomotive line has increased since last time I was at Donkey Creek Yard in Rozet, Wyoming a couple years ago. Located on the north end of the Powder River Basin, hundreds of locomotives are b... (more)