November 16, 2016 – Huron and Eastern Railway 2026 (GP38-3) brings up the rear of the power lashup on CSX L688 as it passes the south end of the siding at Slaughters, Ky with a 11,500ft train, as it heads north on the Henderson Subdivision. Huron and Eastern Railway is a short line railroad operating 384 miles of track in The Thumb and Flint/Tri-Cities area of the lower peninsula of Michigan.
November 12, 2016 – Indiana Railroad’s newly painted “In Honor of Our Veterans” engine 4005 (SD40-2), sits at the north end of CSX’s Howell Yard in Evansville, Indiana. The unit was freshly painted at the National Railway Equipment Co. shops in Mt. Vernon, Illinois and is waiting to move on north along CSX’s CE&D Subdivision for delivery to the Indiana Railroad.
October 18, 2016 – The nose of Norfolk and Western Railway steam locomotive 611 makes for a nice portrait as it sits idle at Spencer, North Carolina. As luck would have it on my recent road trip there I arrived after their last weekend of running and couldn’t stick around for their return trip home. There’ll be other times!
October 5, 2016 – Vermont Railway 432 sits idle at Rutland, VT.
October 29, 2016 – After taking a bath in Duncan Lake a Eagle perches on top of a log to dry off at Land Between the Lakes, Ky.
October 29, 2016 – A Quick shot from today’s pictures at Duncan Lake in Land Between the Lakes, Ky of Eagles. This was from a sequence from the last Eagle of the day before we lost the sunlight. I’ll edit and post more over the next few days.
October 27, 2016 – CSX Rail Train, W021-26 drops rail at the south end of Romney siding as it works its way north towards Nortonville, Ky on the Henderson Subdivision. CSX is preparing to double track from the crossing on the south end of Romney Siding to the north end of Nortonville siding. They will also double track from the south end of Sebree, Ky to the north end of Robards, Ky. Tracks at both locations will become main 1 and 2. I was told yesterday that construction should be getting underway in the next few months.
October 24, 2016 – After appearing to have gone into emergency CSX Q645-23 stopped just short of running into a semi, stuck on the tracks at Adams, Tennessee, as it was heading south on the Henderson Subdivision.
October 19, 2016 – Great Smoky Mountain’s steam engine 1702 heads into the outskirts of Bryson City, NC.
October 19, 2016 – Great Smoky Mountain’s steam engine 1702 approaches the Double Bridge Road crossing outside Whittier, NC as it makes the return trip to Bryson City, NC.
October 17, 2016 – A N.C. Department of Transportation’s Rail Division Passenger train, which runs between Raleigh and Charlotte, NC, heads along next to the Norfolk Southern yard as it heads for the Amtrak Station in downtown Charlotte.
October 8, 2016 – The Fireman and Engineer on Strasburg Railroad’s engine 475, watch the tracks behind as they back around their passenger train in the station at Strasburg as they prepare for another run to Paradise, Pennsylvania. Steam Locomotive 475 is a former Norfolk & Western Railway M class 4-8-0 steam locomotive. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1906 as part of the N&W’s first order of class M numbered 450–499. It is the only known 4-8-0 operating in North America.
October 9, 2016 – The fireman climbs aboard Baldwin Locomotive Works, #26, at Steamtown National Historic Site, as he prepares his passenger train for another run at Scranton, PA.
October 9, 2016 – Steamtown, National Historic Site’s Baldwin Locomotive Works, #26, passes a Delaware-Lackawanna local as it starts it’s passenger run at Scranton, PA.
October 8, 2016 – Strassburg Railroad’s Baldwin 4-8-0 heads back to Ronks, Pa and the station with it’s passenger train the return leg of it’s trip to the station after making a stop at Abney Park.
October 2, 2016 – A westbound Norfolk Southern freight passes the Alto switch tower as it heads into Altoona, Pennsylvania.
October 2, 2016 – Westbound Amtrak “Pennsylvanian” meets Norfolk Southern’s Mixed Freight 16N Westbound at Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, Pa.
October 1, 2016 – Cass Scenic Railroad Shay Locomotives 4, and 6, wait in the siding as #5, the first passenger train of the day, makes it’s way through the yard with a loaded passenger train at Cass, West Virginia. Locomotives 4 and 6 were used later in the morning to double-head a train 30 minutes behind 5.
October 1, 2016 – Cass Scenic Railroad’s Number 4 Shay engine, a C-70 locomotive put into service originally in 1922 with the Birch Valley Lumber Company in Tioga, West Virginia as number 5, blows off steam after taking on water at the water tower before starting the day at Cass, West Virginia.
September 30, 2016 – A Norfolk Southern Intermodal heads east out of Roanoke, Virginia with NS 9656 leading the way.
September 29, 2016 – A Norfolk Southern set of light engines work the yard at Radford, VA as the last light of the sun illuminates the clouds.