A group of BSNF heavies sit in the downtown Denver engine servicing yard, waiting for either service or assignments.

Alton & Southern 2005 and 2004 begin to pull a manifest train west out of the Gateway yard in East St. Louis.

Late Night Lightning Bugs | Lighning bugs are active at Rich Mountain, AR where northbound CPKC manifest train M263 descends the western (timetable north) slope of the grade around 1:30 in ... (more)

An eastbound intermodal glides past the Amtrak station at sunset.

It's a muggy summer evening with a T-Storm brewing behind me as CSX's Monon heritage locomotive #1897 leads empty Coal Train E248-14 northbound through Calera, AL. passing by the Western Maryland ... (more)

Granite Symphony Granite and steel, a symphony plays in the canyon walls. OXPSJ-12 May 19, 2024

Rapid Development Z CHIDEN3 09 with BNSF 3971 moving with speed restrictions over high wind warnings near MP.500 with supercell V3 with 1” radar indicated hail tracking ESE at 24kts wa... (more)

Moffat Spring Morning Daily saves the day!

A Train Runs Through It A train runs through it, defying gravity deep in the Harriman Cutoff. Reds and Sherman Geology in full view, an incredible performance. Union Pacific 7815 with ... (more)

Gorilla Hail & Pumpkins Severe warned supercell A6 tracking ENE at 17kts with 2.75” hail and 65 mph winds is approaching from the north, northwest into Wiggins, CO on Monday June 10,... (more)

Evening Spirit Union Pacific’s Spirit #up1943 with OXPSJ-12 makes an appearance just after dusk in the afterglow pink light that lasts just minutes in the double curves west of tunne... (more)

The "Wolf" Santa Fe Southern 07 waits to depart from the Santa Fe Depot with a weekend passenger train. I have to say this "Game of Thrones" inspired paint scheme sure gets ev... (more)

“When Pull Comes to Shove”
After clearing Norfolk Southern’s Lurgan Running Track, a conductor and conductor trainee aboard shoving platform CSXT 900077 protect the 6 mile reverse ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's "Railroader Appreciation" unit awaits its next assignment at the Inman Yard engine terminal in Atlanta.

I116 heads off the "high line" and onto the low line in Altenwald with the SBD heritage unit leading.