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A clean Illinois Terminal heritage unit rumbles east out of Huger Tunnel with manifest NS 118. Exhaust fills the air as ...
06/16/2026

A clean Illinois Terminal heritage unit rumbles east out of Huger Tunnel with manifest NS 118. Exhaust fills the air as the train is down to a crawl on the Pokey. Ahead in Maybeurry the train would come to a stop with engine troubles.
2-27-2026

Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014 crawls through Dolton, Illinois as it closes in on its destination for the evening. If you ...
06/15/2026

Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014 crawls through Dolton, Illinois as it closes in on its destination for the evening. If you haven’t taken the time to see this large gentleman in action, you definitely should!
6-4-2026

A 100 CN is in charge of manifest NS 118 as it cruises down grade through Shawsville, VA. 6-8-2026
06/14/2026

A 100 CN is in charge of manifest NS 118 as it cruises down grade through Shawsville, VA.
6-8-2026

A dash 9 duo bring empty hoppers westbound through Ingleside, WV as they continue toward the coal fields. 5-13-2026
06/13/2026

A dash 9 duo bring empty hoppers westbound through Ingleside, WV as they continue toward the coal fields.
5-13-2026

Back to something a little closer to home today. Unfortunately home is almost 100 degrees, so here’s a photo that of the...
06/12/2026

Back to something a little closer to home today. Unfortunately home is almost 100 degrees, so here’s a photo that of the exact opposite. NS 18W drifts downgrade through Shawsville, VA near the Friendship road crossing in the snow with the Lackawanna heritage unit in charge.
12-5-2025

CSX M561-05 rolls south by the CPL’s of South Deshler along the Toledo Subdivision. 6-6-2026
06/11/2026

CSX M561-05 rolls south by the CPL’s of South Deshler along the Toledo Subdivision.
6-6-2026

Blue hour from the Roosevelt Road bridge in Chicago shows an inbound Metra with the city behind it. Chicago is a beautif...
06/10/2026

Blue hour from the Roosevelt Road bridge in Chicago shows an inbound Metra with the city behind it. Chicago is a beautiful city with a ton of railroading action in and around it.
6-5-2026

A couple doves fly across one of the almost endless number of farm fields in Ohio as the Union Pacific Big Boy passes by...
06/09/2026

A couple doves fly across one of the almost endless number of farm fields in Ohio as the Union Pacific Big Boy passes by in McComb. Not too much further east and they will come to a stop in Fostoria, Ohio.
6-6-2026

Early morning sun shines down on ES44DC 7632 as it leads intermodal NS 29C westbound through Wabun, VA on its way to Chi...
06/02/2026

Early morning sun shines down on ES44DC 7632 as it leads intermodal NS 29C westbound through Wabun, VA on its way to Chicago, Illinois.
3-15-2026

Construction is continuing in Christiansburg near the Cambria Depot for the arrival of a new Amtrak stop. Empty grainer ...
06/01/2026

Construction is continuing in Christiansburg near the Cambria Depot for the arrival of a new Amtrak stop. Empty grainer NS 55W passes by the old freight depot in town as crews work on the new station and siding. The Monongahela heritage is in charge as the train continues west toward Bluefield, WV.
4-26-2026

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