Welcome to Chattanooga...railroad closed! On July 29-30, 2018, a small army of CSX, NS, and contract crews were given a complete 48-hour shutdown of the 23rd Interlocking through which CSX's W&A ... (more)

I'm not sure what is more interesting - the matched set of Soo Line GP38-2s in 2018 or the BNSF hopper that wanted to free range on a local gravel road.

Vermont Rail System, for only the second time in a year (and by design) operated an all-red consist that is book-ended by the railproad’s pair of SD70M-2s. Due to bridge restrictions and weight d... (more)

Winterail has come and gone, but the trains still roll on. At a point about halfway between two elevation gaining horseshoe curves about 3 miles west of Summit, a short 9 car Hauler creaks and gr... (more)

The colors are wildly ablaze in the Last Frontier in the waning days of summer signaling the end of passenger season on the Alaska Railroad. This year I went back for another shot at the Turn on ... (more)

In an assortment of stored GP15-1s and other EMD products rests two GE B30-7As. UPY No. 110 and 108 are former yard slugs that have joined other operational units in UP's Grand Junction yard.

Green Means Go!: As NS 191 approaches the intersection of Sixth Street and Broad Street, the traffic signal changes to green as if it were in perfect unison for the approaching train. ... (more)

3 stages of rebuilds in a line. NS 4095 has just recently started to be rebuilt into a AC44C6M, 4094 behind has had all the work done and will be painted soon, and 4119 was rebuilt at Roanoke and ... (more)

Union Pacific really does clean their locomotives
Unfortunately, they only have a few places that do so, and so many locomotives! GE AC4400CW No. 6390 gets sudsed up and scrubbed inside... (more)

Union Pacific put some cars on the ground while rounding the Steel Bridge to NW Portland.

A D&H relic telephone pole is about to topple as Jordan Spreader CP 402885 and GP20C-ECO CP 2266 work the main line at CPC 132 in Wadhams, NY.

Following a September with record rainfall for the region, October of 2016 brought some spectacular fall colors to my home turf. Eager for some sightseeing, my girlfriend and I ventured north to m... (more)

CN 2665 leads an X474 eastbound, as they cross the 3,920 foot Salmon River Trestle in New Denmark, New Brunswick on a cool Fall afternoon.

It takes a lot to pull people's attention away from a DQ Blizzard, but 2 nights a week, the return of the Staley Local usually does the trick. This warm summer evening is no exception as a solo GP... (more)

A former Frisco GP38-2 with a new PTC brow leads Job 113 past the laker Lee A. Tregurtha as shipyard workers finishing painting its bow.