Known for their high speed Amtrak operations, the Amtrak Michigan Line is no stranger to passenger trains… but NS does have a small handful of jobs between Chicago & Detroit. One of the more har... (more)

Pritchard Creek Horseshoe A new "Heavy" GE leads westbound grain load around the Pritchard Creek Horseshoe. The train has a total 8 big motors for the pill up the 2.2% grade. The second... (more)

Pier F Among endless stacks of containers the Port of Long Beach also handles other commodities. The bulk freighter Spar Mira loads salt for China on Pier F. The ship is fairly small at... (more)

Searles Searles was the Junction between Southern Pacific's Jawbone Line and and Trona Railway. From here the Trona drops a long steep grade onto the the rim of Death Valley. In the phot... (more)

Mojave Airport A Grain Train charges the 2%+ grade approaching Warren on the east slope of Tehachapi Pass. Above the grain train is a empty coal train that has just returned from Trona.... (more)

UP 1948 leads a seven-unit lashup with an eastbound loaded grain train through Des Plaines, IL.

Canadian Pacific was first thru Black Canyon on the tracks across the Thompson River. The CP originally skirted this difficult outcropping with a temporary trestle and rail bed . The original tres... (more)

This is Class 18E Series 2 locomotive, 18-502, at the top of the bank just past the Hebron Haven (guest farm) crossing at Lions River in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands with a Durban bound grain train ... (more)

A very smokey / hazy afternoon (dry winter seasonal fires which are very common at this time of year) in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. This is Class 18E Series 2 locomotive, 18-502, climbing the hi... (more)

A lovely winter sunrise at Ashburton Station found this shut down grain train (outward bound from Durban), headed by Class 18E, 18-055. Judging by the lack of any security personnel in attendance... (more)

A trio of Oakway SD60s hustle an empty grain train east along the Columbia River as the sun sets on another day of photography.

Late on a beautiful autumn afternoon and Class 18E locomotives, 18-780 / 18-524 / 18-220, have just passed through Frere Station with a loaded grain train. The train is running contra flow across... (more)

A beautiful autumn afternoon in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. Class 18E locomotives, 18-780 / 18-524 / 18-220, have just about completed the climb away from Rosetta to Mooi River with a loaded grai... (more)

Class 18E locomotives, 18-114 / 18-661 / 18-521, are heading a grain train through Lions River up towards Dargle in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. On a day that saw a number of grain trains exiting ... (more)

Contra flow working. 18-272 is heading this Johannesburg bound grain train into Tweedie Station in the KwaZulu Natal Midlands. Partial line occupation for maintenance resulted in trains having t... (more)