Three Louisville & Nashville units approach Bluehole, Kentucky with a train of empty hoppers.

Deep in the canyons of Lorestan, a Siemens loco (cousin to the SC44) hauls a long-distance passenger train. The rock formations offered just a peek-a-boo view of this stone viaduct.

Q647 heads south climbing the grade out of Emerson with a recently reactivated C40-9W, originally a C44-8W that was essentially a demo unit for the Dash 9 series locomotive, on the point.

I think the Mountaineer was one of those trains where Senators and Congressmen from along the route threw their weight around to establish/continue a service that might have been hard to justify b... (more)

A pair of CSX helpers with trackage rights return westbound through the Natural Tunnel on a stormy Monday afternoon.

Last Light on Austin With 15 minutes before the the scene descends into shadow a westbound export coal load charges the 2.2% at Austin, MT. Just above the first terrain cut above the Mull... (more)

Flying white flags Maryland Midland’s Union Bridge – Highfield turn rounds the horseshoe curve at Sabillasville, Maryland. The train has picked up quite a few interchange cars in Highfield.

Maryland Midland’s westbound train is seen crossing over the Maryland highway 550 as it climbs the Catoctin Mountains west of Thurmont, Maryland.

Three dusty GP7s bring a train around the big curve in the Clifton Forge yard, back when this was still a hopping place.

A BNSF local freight, led by Burlington Northern EMD GP15-1 No. 1390. is about to roll through a curve after crossing the bridge over the Shoshone River at Lovell, Wyoming, on September 2, 1998. B... (more)

Executive MAC BNSF 9621 lashes up to a freight in the North Yard in Fort, Collins, Colorado and will take the cars to the BNSF yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

A couple of Little Joes at the beginning of the Montana electrified Milwaukee mainline. A box-cab is hiding behind E-72. E-78 has the EMD cab, unlike the rest of the Little Joes.

Western power leads K443 down the South slope of Cumberland Mountain on a busy Spring afternoon along the Chattanooga Sub.

The Altoona Mirror reports that bids have been let for the demolition of MG Tower, located on the mountainside between Altoona and Gallitzin. Although merely a remote control interlocking for some... (more)