Rounding the great arc west of Altoona this autumn afternoon is Baltimore-Conway symbol BAPI.

CSXT 7912 & CSXT 5324 are at rest on a sunny morning in Beauharnois. Scenes like this will soon be a thing of the past as CN has announced they have purchased this line from CSX.

After sitting in 6623-foot Pefferlaw Siding (on the Bala Sub) for a couple of meets, Canadian National Railway train M 31841 (a long haul freight, consisting of all autoracks, heading from Symingt... (more)

On New Years Eve '92, four less than year old C40's led daily Los Angeles to Kansas City train 893 up Cajon Pass with the snow covered San Gabriel's in the distance.

Some of Conrail’s “new guard” leads a train out of Reading, Pennsylvania as a C40-8W and a C32-8 roll through Belt Line Junction.

Although most eastbounds dropped downgrade at a slow pace, my notes suggest this 81 car outfit was moving briskly for the territory - likely account its ample braking power. The train is entering ... (more)

On a beautiful July 10, 2014, Canadian National train No. 304 approaches Windy Point west of Devona, Alberta, in scenic Jasper National Park.

Santa Fe 813 West departs Stockton, CA, as it passes the famous tower at the crossing of SP's Valley Line and ATSF's Stockton Sub. The tower has since been demolished.

CN X388 with CN 2161 & CN 2236 for power is stopped just west of Dorval Station, awaiting its signal. This train consists of 72 cars for loading windmill blades and will terminate in nearby Tasche... (more)

Six months after they rolled out of Erie, two Conrail C40-8W’s lead a westbound train out of Allentown at East Penn Junction, PA.

CN 148 snakes through Bayview Junction with a former ATSF Dash-8 leading.

H52 approaches the east end of Bison Yard as heavy snow falls. Behind the lead C40-8W is a PRLX former CSXT AC6000 and a BPRR GP headed back to the BP from the RSR.

This was the place to be to witness mountain railroading in the east. CR volumes were heavy with manifest traffic, vans and mineral freight. Most tonnage outfits had helpers in both directions and... (more)

CN 323 is back from Vermont with IC 2459 & CN 2544 for power and only 27 cars as it approaches Turcot Ouest.

A Eastbound on The Crookton cutoff in the early morning only three months before the BNSF merger