The American Orient Express (AOE) was a privately-owned, high-class passenger train that operated in conjunction with Amtrak from 1994 until 2008. A total of 11 streamlined cars were purchased and... (more)
A grain train sits on the Cameron Connector as it awaits a green signal to jump from the BN onto the ATSF. Many fireflies make their presence known, as well as lots of light pollution from nearby ... (more)
The H-GALKCK1-16A roars west through Cameron, Illinois on a bitterly cold February morning. A rather serious winter storm the night before had covered the western Illinois region in a heavy blanke... (more)
In the last ray of sunlight, a pair of HLCX GP38-2’s lead BNSF GALBUR at track speed west under the BNSF Transcon in Cameron on the Ottumwa Subdivision.
Sometimes, you just get lucky. I happened to be driving through town and noticed a vehicle train heading west on the Chilli Sub. After realising it was a former ATSF SD75M doing the honors, the ch... (more)