With a locomotive consist reminiscent of a decade or more ago, a westbound Q train crosses Lake Ashtabula on the large bridge just west of Luverne, ND.
Finding someone with priority isn't easy on the BNSF Transcon anymore. Everyone running main #2 here is barely kicking up any snow as they do all their might to go slow and conserve fuel. However ... (more)
The snow is falling as BNSF 4128 (Dash944CW) strains to pull a freight on icy rails through Plainview, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.
BNSF 4128 (Dash9) leads a freight through an intense snow storm on the Moffat Tunnel Sub. 10-25-2020b 1600b
Westbound on the Transcon is about to cross the NS in Streator.
CSXT K010-19 passing under the old French's Hollow Rd. Bridge hitting the curve. Trailing third is the NS 1073 Penn Central Heritage Unit, this is the second time it has come to New York and what ... (more)
On a rainy May Sunday the NS 1073 Penn Central Heritage Unit visits New York for it's second time. It was trailing third but chasing it from Amsterdam when it had to stop a couple times allowed me... (more)
For the first time in over 30 years, a Penn Central engine (NS 1073) rolls by the house that Penn Central built. In 1968 the then new Penn Central spent $30 million modernizing and expanding the A... (more)
A relatively clean BNSF Dash 9 heads up a grain train rolling downgrade through Saint Paul Park.
This covered hopper unit train is one of the longest I have ever seen at the loop as it was about 140 cars in length. You can see a different train still in the loop above the cab of the loco.
Loaded BNSF coal train heads South through town.
A loaded Granite City all-rail taconite train rolls through half a foot of new snow approaching western Duluth.
A loaded Granite City all-rail taconite train rolls south over the former DM&IR en route to Steelton Yard.