Spent the weekend in October fall colors. Traffic on Saturday was a little slow, but trains came in bunches on Sunday morning. I was surprised to see some of the older Dash 9s running around, incl... (more)

BNSF 5523, 5358, & 6617 power an eastbound stack train on the Gallup subdivision.

A Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest train as it climbs the 1.4% grade towards Crozier Canyon. Trailing in the lead consist is BNSF 639 & BNSF 973. Both units have been picked apart, with gaps ... (more)

A Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest train as it climbs the 1.4% grade towards Crozier Canyon. Trailing in the lead consist is BNSF 639 & BNSF 973. Both units have been picked apart, with gaps ... (more)

CSX 9006 charges out of twin tunnel #2 on the Shortline Subdivison bound for Parkersburg Yard.

BNSF 624, a C44-9W still wearing the classic Santa Fe paint, leads empty oil train 67R for CN through Chesterton, IN past the old NYC depot, now used as a Chamber of Commerce.

NS P61 slowly moves up the Alexander RR to work the Mountaire Farms feed mill, before running around their train and heading back to Linwood.

In January 2022, Mother Nature dumped about 5-8 inches of snow overnight. The next morning roads were a 1-lane farmer's path in spots, but we made our way out and about. The Stockton Z-train blast... (more)

Northbound cellulose train L93 led by C44-9W #9045, photographed at track section Km 211 between São Carlos and Ibaté cities.

BNSF 4111 with a MOW rock train takes the siding to allow BNSF ES44DC No 7784 to pass with a grain train for the port of Vancouver WA.

The Lincoln, NE, to Galesburg, IL, manifest train had a somewhat interesting consist. The train is seen here making its way east on the Ottumwa Sub. The train is on the final leg, with Galesburg 6... (more)

Snow flurries are falling along the Front Range as BNSF 5146 (Dash9) leads the Provo-to-Denver train down the 2% grade and into Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.

I don't remember a lot of Chicago to KC Q-trains running, so I think this was a little odd for 1995. Also odd was how the Santa Fe found the CNW 6564 unit. The 6564 was the one-off that was rebuil... (more)

Power ready to help with locals and trains splitting on their way in to Chicago.

After coming to a stop in Salisbury to let 12R get into Linwood, the hottest train on the Piedmont division, NS 24X, hustles across the Yadkin River before crew changing at Farmers Crossing. Leadi... (more)