The Elusive Georgia Woodlands. A good friend and I headed out the day after Memorial Day to see if we could track down the Georgia Woodlands operating, thinking that it would be working tr... (more)

On the stormy and darkening evening of June 25, 2019, Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch rolls through a curve just out of Winston, Montana. Powering the short local with two cars for the limesto... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s Helena switch serves the limestone plant at Townsend, Montana, on the morning of June 30, 2017.

St. Maries River Railroad’s eastbound freight crosses the long Benewah Lake trestle just west of Ramsdell, Idaho, on September 27, 2021. STMA EMD GP9 Nos. 101 and 103 bring 10 empty cars interch... (more)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe GP 730 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in May 1956, with a high short-hood and an attractive black and silver “Zebra Stripe” paint scheme. It wa... (more)

TFGX 92 has been left out at the end of the tail track at Taloma Farmers Grain in Allen, IL. IHB 2924 and WAMX 3815 are also on site with this former Bloomer high hood.

The Pointe St-Charles Switcher is on its way to the Port of Montreal with sixteen cars and is on the move again after waiting for its signal (CN 148 was just ahead of it and going to the port as w... (more)

The crew on Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 109 on the Helena switch has just finished delivering cars to the Ash Grove Cement plant at Montana City, Montana, on the afternoon of July 1, 2018, and are n... (more)

A long way from home, but still kickin! The mountains in the background give it away that we are a long way from passenger train duty in Michigan, but this ex-GTW torpedo is still in regular use a... (more)

Following the St. Joe River on the morning of September 27, 2021, St. Maries River Railroad’s turn to Plummer trundles westward between St. Maries and Ramsdell, Idaho.

A warm summer afternoon at the BIT typically finds you watching massive inbound trains yarding, seemingly even bigger outbound trains departing and the yard job spotting the pads with some classic... (more)

With only a couple of days two go before the year closes out I find myself along the old rickety Newmarket Spur between Rama and Washago following CN 595 running to Longford Mills to switch out th... (more)

Back before things looked as bleak as they currently are, it was just another day on the OBRY. An early morning start as the crew works the local industry located near the yard followed by buildin... (more)

One last shot of The Mac Switcher with Willamette & Pacific (PNWR) 1801 where its seen crossing the Hess Creek trestle just west of Dundee, Oregon. The 1801 can normally be found working the yard ... (more)

After picking up a single box car at Newberg, The Mac Switcher is seen returning to McMinnville with Willamette & Pacific #1801 on PNWRs West Side District.