There is plenty of water around Marquette, as near record high flooding is making things difficult for CP. The CP is fighting back hard with many work trains and constant raising of track. North o... (more)

On the evening of December 3rd, 2023, at sunset, the 99 2322-8 takes the last train of the day to Bad Doberan, along the cliffs between the Baltic Sea resorts of Kühlungsborn and Heiligendamm.

With a GEVO and two GP's on the head end and another GEVO bringing up the rear, the Iowa Interstate's CBBI has slowed to pass through a work zone along Route 6 outside of Ladora, Iowa. Crews are m... (more)

With one of the 7000's needing work done, the E unit was utilized to help pull freight north from Valdosta overnight. Typically this does not happen to keep her running well for passenger excursio... (more)

60% Of The Time It Works Every Time. One of the "had to have" if possible shots from today was later in the afternoon, but it was the cooperation of the track selection lottery th... (more)

With the Bayview setoff complete, and the conductor and conductor trainee back on the head end, I032-04 blasts off eastbound from Dump Rd on track 1, overtaking a tied down M372-04 on track 2.

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1793 is seen on the west side of Raton Pass, near Lynn New Mexico, during WWII in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa came early this year...CSXT GP40-2 #6394 leads Cartersville based L810 through Taylorsville with a healthy train for the Cagle Feed Mill and CW Matthews at Rockmart.

A lone AC4400 is on the rear of a loaded GALX coal train as it rolls over the massive Arnold Fork Viaduct in Knott County, Kentucky. It's been a while since I can recall a GALX train in these part... (more)

A solid train of double stacks from the west coast crosses over a frozen Lake Ashtabula on the Karnak trestle near Luverne, ND.

The Cumbres & Toltec's Holiday Express train is back after a 3 year hiatus due to COVID and equipment work. Here K-36 488 pulls a full train of families through fresh snow out onto Lobato Trestle ... (more)

The one of two SD70ACe/LW locomotives bound for the new coal hauling Tavantolgoi-Gashuunsukhait Railway in Mongolia take a ride onboard flatcars on their way to Morehead City, NC for export. This ... (more)

The daily St. Paul to Kansas City freight rounds the curve at Reno on the CPKC Marquette Sub. This is about the only place I saw north of Harpers where water was a problem. The CP dump rock thru h... (more)

Atlantic Coast Line once again is in Waycross, as the CSX 1871 is finished and ready for use. Taken with permission.

Not many EMC/EMD FT diesels, which pretty much were the locomotive that killed steam, were preserved – just two FTA units and three FTBs, although these Bs had been converted to Steam Heater Car... (more)