George Goble once delivered a classic line, "Ever feel as if the world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?" That's the impression I get with this power duo leaving Fremont, ... (more)

If you blinked, you missed this one. CSX leased its Cowen and Pickens Subdivisions west of Grafton to Watco, operating as the Appalachian & Ohio Railroad. This was a pretty significant acquisiti... (more)

Eastbound Cleveland to Mingo Jct Ore Train

Eastbound departing CSXT New Castle Yard on the P&LE connection Track.

A mixed bag of Conrail power pulls an eastbound coal train through Abrams Yard near King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

A pair of Union Pacific EMD SD50s power a southbound taconite ore train over the at North Escanaba, Michigan, on a cold January 18, 1997. This Pratt through truss bridge was built in 1892 by Lass... (more)

CSX SD50 8536 leads the GALCNI South through Normantown.

Conrail SECS rolls through the curve south of Ridgefield Park station behind a pair of SD50s bracketing a C36-7.

Conrail ALSE rolls north through Ridgefield Park on the River Line during a rare sunny moment on a cloudy day. ALSE's consist includes a long cut of maintenance of way vehicles on flat cars immed... (more)

Through the shadows: Sundown comes early on November evenings and there's just enough light to yield an image of the 6767 West leading symbol OIEL (Oak Island-Elkhart) out of Scotch Run curve and ... (more)

After being rainy all day, the sun finally broke through the clouds in Hamler, OH as the Indiana and Ohio Railroad's Lima South Turn made its way south towards Lima with a former CSX SD50 leading ... (more)

On an early summer morning westbound symbol HBPI is working out No.3 track at MP 241 - a mile east of Horseshoe. The new SD80MACs, like 4116 here, were generally leaders and seen in pairs, rather ... (more)

Four new MoPac SD50s await their first revenue move at Yard Center. Tom Golden photo.