With talks of a tornado out break imminent, threatening storm clouds linger in the area as CSX M503 grinds upgrade to cross the Ohio River into Kentucky.
Westbound freight above new ballast and evidence of recent resurfacing before the advent of the ubiquitous 4000s (I hope to live long enough to miss them). This line got heavier 136 lb. rail in 2... (more)
Orange line L-train (direction Midway Airport) is approaching Clark/Lake Station in the northwest corner of Chicago's Loop.
There is visible Pink Line Train in the background.
On Union Pacific westbound intermodal train ILTLB-16 were a high number of containers with their doors open (I photographed 5, but there were at least 12), and many looked as if some of their cont... (more)
Union Pacific GP40-2 1394, the former Saint Louis-Southwestern (Cotton Belt) 7638, sits in the UP's J Yard south of downtown Los Angeles. As with so many Union Pacific locomotive assigned to urba... (more)
Faux Bonnet At Doodletown Bight. CSX B118-08 was a robust 12,000+ feet of empty ethanol cars and DPUs as it crossed Doodletown Bight from Iona Island to Bear Mountain, New York on the eveni... (more)
Cranemasters and Hulcher crews, using Caterpillar sidebooms and a custom-built tank car lift attachment work to rerail cars from Norfolk Southern 66X at Porter, DE.
Union Pacific’s Rio Grande heritage unit brings an empty set of coal hoppers bound for storage to the Mississippi Export’s yard in Helena, MS. After interchanging from CSX in Pascagoula, they ... (more)
Leading the OCS from Oakwood Yard in Melvindale, MI the NS 8100 and 1070 run the former WABASH line. Next stop is Peru, Indiana for a crew change. A line of storms approaches and the train is abou... (more)
Deep Blue.
Deep below the streets of Jersey City, NJ Transit trains rumble back and forth through the Bergen Tunnels to and from Hoboken Terminal. The 4,200-foot long tunnels cut throug... (more)
On August 8, 1967 Southern Pacific FP7 6455 and a B-unit arrived with a nine-car No. 99 the Los Angeles-bound Coast Daylight, crossing the ATSF tracks at Mission Junction near the Los Angeles... (more)
MRL 252, a set of helpers pushes a loaded coal train up the grade at Skyline. The loaded coal experienced an engine failure before the bridge causing them to stop, a rescue helper set came to help... (more)