Northbound Teague-Tulsa with 3 toasties making there short appearance on the UP tracks to Irving TX for a crew change.

An empty oil train rumbles along the Mohawk River on a fine fall afternoon. The train unloaded it's load of Bakken Crude oil in Philly and is on it's way back to the oil fields of North Dakota. ... (more)

An empty oil train out of Philadelphia rolls WB by Lock 10 on the NYS Erie Canal late in the day. A work barge related to ongoing work at the lock is docked for the weekend.

A couple of BNSF pumpkins help to bring some "fall color" to an otherwise dull scene. The fall colors have been rather muted in the Mohawk Valley while other areas have been much better. A few mi... (more)

Westbound garbage train returning from the Roosevelt transfer nears Tunnel Lake and the Drano tunnels. ST RT 14 crosses over the railroad to the north side of the tracks.

Northbound stacks pass through Sandcut as it heads towards Bakersfield for a crew change.

Thanks to information from Doctor Christopher Guss, I was able to bag a heavy GALMAD on the Beardstown Sub at Hagener, Illinois. That is the correct spelling of the town in Cass County, apparently... (more)

Priority merchandise from Grand Forks, ND at full dynamics as they are talked by the signal at East Morris.

past sunset and this east bound TOFC takes the curve into Ludlow on it's way towards needles along the BNSF Transcon.

A BNSF westbound is passing through the tunnels west of Lyle. The BNSF orange really glows in the late afternoon sun.

With plenty of sunlight left, BNSF 5429 leads a Westbound Intermodal through Joliet. Notice the Heritage Corridor Metra departing in the background, which was lead by Metra 116 F40PH.