Its 2am on April 9th, 2016 at Global IV and the ZSIG4 train has just arrived into track 811 as the ramp loads the final pieces of the ZG4MQ on track 812. Once done loading the MQ, the crane will s... (more)

Helper set 9371 waits for the SP 8270 west to come through the siding before continuing east to help another train up the east slope of Beaumont Hill in December 1985.

Built in 1993, CSXT No. 7897 still going strong, performs its duty of bringing this freight train south with the help of two more CSXT locomotives. The trio of units, all wear CSX's "Bright Futur... (more)

With the Spring blossoms in full swing, Blue Ridge Southern's Canton-Asheville job, BLU T31, passes a large stone structure in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Norfolk and Western J-Class no. 611 is seen making way down grade at the loops near Old Fort, NC.

This weekend I had the honour of attending CRPA's annual conference in Lake Forest as one of three docent scholars. Prior to the event and in between presentations, I made a point of getting track... (more)

A day spent at Lakeside is often a day of lengthy pauses briefly punctuated by a passing train or maybe an off-roader. Only 4 trains had passed this day as the sun sank below the horizon, but a di... (more)

Large clouds of steam begin to shoot out of the stack of the infamous "Queen of Steam," N&W 611, as it, along with Norfolk Southern's Southern Railway heritage unit and a Southern F-unit from the ... (more)

After pasting through the small farming community of Claremont, NC. Norfolk Southern's second oldest thoroughbred J-Class 611 break into a sprint through the outskirts of town on its way east for ... (more)

Passing through Kenova, WV, CSX train Q316 moves Eastbound on a cool brisk Winter morning.

The streamlined J-Class steam engine is seen thundering through the village of Thomasville, North Carolina, while a large crowd watches in amazement as the powerful locomotive works up the former ... (more)

Eastbound arriving in Minturn.

A Dayton, TX to CSX Gentilly Yard freight drops down the Eastward main as UP YAV97 26 utilizes the directional CTC on the Westward main, also heading East bound for NS Oliver Yard.

Spring has sprung and the dogwoods have bloomed beside the Marion train depot as the westbound 15T cuts the town in half, crossing over North Main Street in downtown Marion on a beautiful March af... (more)

2 girls watch Soo Line #771 take a train down 2nd Street in Bellevue, IA In September of 1993. I wonder if they still stop to watch a train roll by.....