College Coal:
BB12 leads Buckingham Branch local Z631 westbound over the Main Street Bridge in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the train drops off some coal cars for the University of Virginia coal... (more)
In order to make fewer fuel stops, EL ordered locomotives with larger fuel tanks. The SDP45 was available from EMD as a passenger equipped unit like the ones for SP and GN but that was a way for E... (more)
Early morning sunrise
The morning sun shines upon a pair of GP20C-ECO resting in the yard at Exhsaw between local assignments awaiting to start the day.
Lightning Strips Over The Hackensack. CSX I010 had CSXT 1853 (New York Central Heritage, ES44AH) leading on the River Sub on the morning of Sunday February 2, 2025, the first time that it w... (more)
The little work horse that could. These Geeps were owned by most railroads for use in mainline service to local switching. UP had a large share of these. Here are a couple at Council Bluff's servi... (more)
Seminole Gulf northbound crossing the secondary channel of the Caloosahatchie River at Tice. The track washed away by Hurricane Ian lies off to the side of the span.
A NS SD40 is coupled to a slug rebuilt from a Fairbanks Morse H24-66. The slug provides extra tractive effort without the need for more horsepower. The slug gets its electrical power from the SD40... (more)
A pair of ES44AC's lead CSX intermodal train I009 as it hustles west on a bluebird winter day in downtown Rochester, New York. The grade separated tracks cross over the Genesee River just upstream... (more)