In the midst of a heavy snow squall in the early afternoon, NS 9164 leads an intermodal train at track speed, kicking up the dry powder left from the previous night's clipper that left most all of... (more)

Helper set J53 comes Westbound through the CPL's at Welch as 95W looks on, waiting to head East towards Vivian.

Under cloudy skies a pair of C40-9's heading west toward Conway and an empty hopper train heading for the coal fields of Green County Pa slowly pass one another on the OC Bridge.

NS 142 heads north through Oakdale. This could very well be the last snowfall for these searchlights as their replacements were just to my right across the tracks.

A NS train off the NS at Sidney, IL, heads into the siding at Block to meet a northbound train just out of Villa Grove. Block siding is the 1st siding north of Villa Grove. Union Pacific's Villa G... (more)

Westbound passing thru mp 131 signals, in late evening with the golden glow of evening light. Notice the interesting clouds in sky above train. Train is a auto parts and new auto train.

It has begun (Officially), the Heartland Corridor Project, with a curfew in place, for the refurbishing of several tunnels along the Pocahontas Route to accomodate double stacked trains. Better ge... (more)

NS 262 has an approach signal at CP 89 and CP 88. Flurries were just beginning to fall as 262 entered the River Yard.

Three dash 9's bring up the rear as they shove this manifest eastbound to Bluefield.

Just a light move, but dig the new ACE and the slug!

Eastbound On Bridge , With RT 15 In Backround , In Early Morning With NS 3438 ( EMD SD40-2 ) , Taken With A 70mm-300mm Zoom

NS 10N has 3 stowaways on this day. 3 EX-Iowa Interstate Alcos destined for the SRNJ.

Three former Iowa Interstate M420s are dead-in-tow behind the GEs of this manifest. Judging from the "SRNJ" sublettering on the cabs of the MLWs, I'm taking an educated guess they're headed for A... (more)

An eastbound manifest is seen at Lilly. The PRR signal bridge, complete with the increasingly-rare position light signals, was the main reason for my interest in Lilly this day.