TP&W's intermodal train from Galesburg approaches it's destination of the East Peoria yard behind 2 SD45T-2's.

The old SP Colton Yard etc. was down by the grain mill in the distance. To handle eastbound trains over Beaumont Hill they kept a helper pocket just east of the old yard. Here a helper set await... (more)

A former Southern Pacific SD45 tunnel motor leads a Buffalo & Pittsburgh coal train as it crosses the South Buffalo Railroad's bridge to head towards the port in Buffalo, New York. This bridge cro... (more)

SoPac is AOK. Although it has had a few owners since Southern Pacific, on August 12, 2021, LTEX 9362 (née-SP 9362, SD45T-2, EMD, 2/1975) looks a lot like it did when it was not wearing the... (more)

The engineer on SP 9160 opens the window to get some fresh air after exiting tunnel 3. His manned helper set is pushing hard on an eastbound loaded manifest as they climb the steep grade on Tehac... (more)

In an incredibly lucky feat of timing, a pair of fisherman both reel in bass at the same time as Buffalo & Pittsburgh X-COAL rolls over the Ormsby Fill in Backus, Pennsylvania. As the train approa... (more)

A heavy westbound Modoc Line train enters the farmlands of the Klamath Basin near Copic.

A westbound manifest rolls through the Willamette Valley in late summer 1996. Union Pacific was four days away.

An eastbound cab hop rolls along the Siskiyou Line between Rogue River and Grants Pass.

A lumber drag from the Rogue Valley heads west on the Siskiyou Line.

Coal and corn. Apparently still a 20-cylinder, this leaser has picked up a train of empties from INRD at Beehunter and is running SB on trackage rights. They will soon gain home rails at the jun... (more)

The elements all lined up for a spectacular show of steam on the CN U717 loaded taconite pellet train as it departed Fairlane Pellet Plant on the way to Proctor. The right negative degree tempera... (more)

A taconite pellet train is being unloaded on the famous Duluth Missabe & Iron Range Railroad's Dock 6 in Duluth, MN. As the sun rises at 0700 hrs, the train catches enough light to provide this m... (more)

PRLX 2832 rounds a curve into McDade. Debris from the previous week's ice storm is visible in the foreground.

PRLX 2832 parallels Old McDade Road just outside of Butler