Protect Engine. The LIRR stationed a water tanker at Speonk yard for the Summer fire season. The Pine Barrens on the South Fork of Long Island can be prone to brush fires.

"Picking up M9s at Fresh Pond" LIRR's "Roustabout 6" crew ties on to Brand new Kawasaki-built Long Island Rail Road M9 railcars on Track "11 East" at New York & Atlantic Railway's Fresh Po... (more)

BRC MP15AC 150 departs Charter Steel on Chicago's west side after making its pick-up.

BRC 151 heads south across the BNSF Chillicothe Sub at LeMoyne. This local usually has a Geep of some kind for power, so I was pleasantly surprised to see it operating with a switcher on this sunn... (more)

A westbound ballast train clears up in the siding at Post.

Ready Line at Morris Park. After turning on the turntable the 163 is added to the west end of the line.

An Electric Railroader's Association sponsored fan trip on the LIRR - owned Bay Ridge Branch finds itself stopped for a photo run-by in an obscure location. The train has just exited the New York ... (more)

Union Pacific EMD MP15AC 1422 (former Soo Line 1529-nee Milwaukee Road 463).

A few years ago it was not uncommon to see 3 or 4 MP15 engines working the UP's North and 36th Street Yards. Now they are gone, with GP15-1's (ex-Missouri Pacific engines) doing most of the sortin... (more)

WSOR 1501 splits the small town of Fredonia, WI (not to be confused with Freedonia from the Marx Bros. movie Duck Soup) with a short freight in June of 2009. The train is heading to Plymouth, WI o... (more)

MP15AC'S 158, 157, 166 and 15 Ballast hoppers heading past the Medford LIRR Station. The ballast drop will be east of YA (Yaphank). Tie replacement on the LIRR Main Line.

The Work Train 1 crew heads into the MoW yard in Holban with engines 158, 154 and 16 cars in tow. They'll pick up 14 more empties and head to Fresh Pond to interchange with NYAR and CSX. The name ... (more)