NCRC 2225 rounds the east leg of the wye to head north on the Ord branch.

Alton & Southern 2005 and 2004 begin to pull a manifest train west out of the Gateway yard in East St. Louis.

The sun is burning through some early morning fog as L568 rumbles along.

A pair of SD60's rip north at track speed with freight from Proctor yard and Keenan yard for Ranier, MN.

Time to get going as the engineer ramps up the speed.

NCRC 2197 leads the GILC on the Ord branch.

After departing Proctor, MN and a stop to drop cars off at CN's Keenan yard, CN 5485 has reassembled their train and heads for Ranier, MN.

After departing Ranier, MN and stopping at CN's Keenan yard to pick up, it's now time to head down to Proctor, MN. Note the CN track inspection boxcar behind the locomotives.

NCRC 2222 is on the rear of the GILC.

After picking up their train, the crew of the GILC head west for the crossover at MP 147 to cross from 2 to 1. Once they are main 1 the train will back onto the north lead (closest track in the p... (more)

NCRC 2197 & 2222 prepare to enter UP's yard to make up their train. Parent company Rio Grand Pacific Corp has chosen this as the paint scheme for all four of their railroads.

A loaded rock train departs Summit Yard

Quite the meet in this photo. CN Local Rock job L704 (Sussex-Mundelien) heads back north after collecting it's empties to take back to Sussex Wi with the CN EMD SD60 No. 5414 leading LHF. Stoppe... (more)

CPKC weed spraying train climbs the Niagara Escarpment just east of Campbellville with an old wooden farm bridge in the background.

CSX OCS ride from Florida to the horse races in Saratoga Springs featuring the "Georgia" observation car carrying many top officials finishes the last stretch of their journey back in Au... (more)