Racks meet racks

Eastbound rack train 272 darts out of Coopers Tunnel just a few short miles from the once busy yard at Bluefield, passing train 83K and their train of previously sto... (more)

119 charges through downtown Belmont on a warm Spring Sunday with the newly stenciled and cleaned 8099 trailing behind a Spartan cab SD70.

NS 119 leans into the curve at West Summit Avenue as the train makes its way through downtown Charlotte with NS 8099 in tow. Although the commemorative unit may not have been leading, I'll gladly ... (more)

After catching word that 119 had a SD70 leading and the Southern heritage unit I could not pass it up so I went to Belmont NC.

A sharp standard cab SD70 hauls 42 trailers up the grade out of Roberts. Both the ZCHEM and ZEMCH run out of the sun if on schedule, making them rare candidates for decent light.

A standard cab SD70 led NS 42G all the way from Burnside, Kentucky to Knoxville, and continued to lead to Loudon, Tennessee. This train had only two locomotives coming into Burnside and needed the... (more)

NS 2567 leads a westbound string of containers along Norfolk Southern's Chicago Line and through La Porte, IN.

NS 20Q eastbound through Cleveland's Battery Park neighborhood just west of the drawbridge over the entrance to the Cuyahoga River from Lake Erie

After dropping off an engine for I38, Birmingham bound 153 hurries down the north Georgia countryside. About 20 minutes later, they would meet 118 at Red Lane.

EMD power leads the circus train on its run from Birmingham,AL to Greenville,SC.

Sand gets dumped on main 1 and heat pours out of these units as this heavy 538 crawls at walking speed up the mountain amidst fall color at Cassandra. The helpers can barely be seen through the h... (more)

An EB stack train rumbles out of Laurel Tunnel, and across the Tug Fork River near Roderfield just before midnight. Special thanks to Sean Hoyden for the lighting, and to Sandra, the landowner fo... (more)

One of the train sets used in the Powhatan Coal Shuttle makes its way under the I-470 Bridge on its way south from Mingo Junction. The Ohio River and the City of Wheeling are visible in the backg... (more)

One of the train sets used in the Powhatan Coal Shuttle makes its way under the abandoned Aetnaville bridge on its way south from Mingo Junction.

Its nearly an all EMD consist on today's 11A with SD70 2567 as a leader followed by SD40-2 3352, GP38-2 5616, SD45-2 1704, freshly painted high hood GP38-2 5047, RPU6 slug 862 and slug master SD40... (more)