An extra NS 306 led by the Lehigh Valley heritage unit rolls into Fort Wayne crossing the St. Marys River bridge. A wide angle shot wasn't possible here two weeks earlier when the railroad cut dow... (more)
The Southern heritage unit heads up a Ft Wayne to Elkhart manifest northbound on the Marion Branch passing one of the few Big Four land line markers that still stand.
In the second decade of the Twenty-First Century, it is always a pleasant surprise to find a "conventional" narrow-nose diesel on the point of a freight train. And it was an even more p... (more)
In the last light of the day, NS 8137 and two cousins lead a load of Bakken oil eastward over a rise between Niles and Churchs Ferry on the recently overhauled Devils Lake route.
Eastbound ethanol loads split the 131 signals in Newport behind a Dash-8 and a GEVO. Ethanol trains normally draw some of the more interesting motive power lashups, but of course on this day, it j... (more)
UP 4037 is having radio problems as it roars through CN MAX. The 454 axle count at Mile Post 166.6 is not heard by the conductor who is asking for a screen display of the detector readout.