When the Buzzi Unicem cement plant needed switching on the 21st, the KXHR called in some heavies! The GP40-2LW is a former CN GP40-2LW and the locomotive behind it is KXHR is an ex CR GP38-2.

TCW 2015, 2021, 2022 and 2014 make for a nice quad of Geeps as they pass Lyndale Junction in Minneapolis. The train is bound for interchange with the CPKC at Humboldt Yard.

A mix of switchers sit at the shuttered Granite City Steel plant. There are SW9s, SW1200s and an SW1500 sitting here. The plant has been closed since November 2023. This photo was taken from a ... (more)

Ex Cimarron Valley GP30 at Broken Arrow facility.

"Buttercup" takes the winter off. The name must be "official"; notice the recently applied bumper sticker on the cab.

Five loads head north to Salem.

City Railroading. A variety of power is seen laid up at the New York & Atlantic Railway headquarters at Fresh Pond Junction in Queens, NY. USA Waste Services mother / slug set SE23B-M n... (more)

A crew aboard Lancaster and Chester Train 16 is at the wye in East Chester going to pick up some cars left on the main line by Train 12 a few minutes prior. I was surprised to see L&C MP15DC still... (more)

After a 4 hour round trip to Crawford's, Conway Scenic 252 and 255 put away their train into the yard in North Conway, NH. An old B&M Telephone reminds us we're in B&M territory on this part of th... (more)

Just before Christmas 2016, OTVR ran a special "Santa Train" over its route. Behind the scenes, Santa rode in a warm pickup to the outskirts of each town and then would hop on to ride t... (more)

The New York, Susquehanna & Western's BH-1 job from Binghamton heads north behind an SD70M-2 and SD33ECO, crossing over the Chenango River in Chenango Bridge, New York. This yard job is heading up... (more)

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)

Seminole Gulf blasting off northbound from Ft. Myers.

CBRY 201 pulls the loaded train into the smelter dump that's just outside of Hayden Yard.

After a delayed start due to the snowstorm the previous day, WW102 heads south to the CSX interchange with some of our scrap loads in tow.