It's a warm and very humid morning in Central Illinois on this Memorial Day. After leaving the house early to drive south towards Mattoon, I came across the train just south of Mattoon and had to ... (more)

Going back to a time where NS Dash 8 locomotives still roamed and the Lafayette District was a hopping place....as now the NS is a shell of what it once was when it comes to motive power. Dash 8s,... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe manifest charges uphill out of Seligman.

CSX Q328 clears Beck Road and ducks under the C&O signal Cantilever as it charges for Detroit on an early March morning. This train is now abolished leaving only the occasional extra train to run ... (more)

Corbin, KY to Tyrone, GA system solar powered GPS ballast hoppers snake through what was formerly Elizabeth, GA.

CN 2180 leads an empty ethanol train West through rural Northwestern Illinois.

Basin is a remote place at the eastern end of Afton Canyon. The head light of a westbound coal train could be seen in the distance before it crossed the dried-up Mojave River at Basin.

A westbound Santa Fe intermodal train crosses the Colorado River at Topock.

Conrail GE C40-8W 6054 and 6050 heading east at Wickliffe, Ohio.

CN C40-8W 2150 (ex. ATSF 830), CN C40-8W 2170 (ex. ATSF 817) and BNSF SD70MAC 9684 (ex. BN 9684) lead CN's Prince George-Edmonton train M348 east on the Edson Sub at Henry House. One would wonder ... (more)

Better take careful notes, as this westbound intermodal heads towards Altoona and Pittsburgh along the Pittsburgh Line. While it was a more prevalent commodity back 10 years ago, this Dash 8, alon... (more)

A pair of CSX GEs pull KCS train IKCVN south through Godfrey Illinois.