Amtrak 160 leads the Beech Grove segment of Amtrak’s Cardinal at Lafayette Junction, wearing the heritage “Dash 8 Phase III” scheme in the “Pepsi Can” livery that many Dash 8s on the Amtrak roster wore upon delivery. With a lot of actual Dash 8s being on this train in the area over the last year, this is the closest we will get to getting this scheme back, not on a real dash 8 unfortunately (4/2/25).

NS GP38-2 5322 leads the bottle train West through Hammond, IN

70816 leads 6J37 into Carlisle bound for Chirk. Planned to stop in Carlisle for the PLPR but that didn't go to well.

The footpath leads from St John the Baptist Churchyard, to the old farmhouse, and from there along a series of fields, farmyard, and old lanes to Cowan Bridge. It was to the latter that the Bronte sisters were sent, later depicted by Charlotte in Jane Eyre.

There was a Church closer to the Clergy Daughters School, a lovely old church at Leck. The link gives a description of it:

www.ministry-of-information.co.uk/blog1/0707/140707-03.htm

My first primary school was next to St Peter's Church, Leck.

NPCU #90368 leads an atypical Pere Marquette consist in the form of 4 Amfleets near Michigan City. The PM normally operates with 3 or 4 Superliners.

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An Alton & Southern painted SD62 rebuild leads an SD70M on UP train MBNAS-26, scooting right along on the UP Springfield Sub. They were held at Elkhart for a northbound intermodal, and they're doing their best to make it into the line's namesake town and state capitol ahead of Amtrak Train No. 21, the southbound "Texas Eagle". Once at Springfield, they'll drop some cars for G&W's Illinois & Midland Railroad.

This train originated at Bloomington, IL and is destined for the A&S Gateway Yard at East St. Louis, IL. This train operates three times a week on alternating days with its northbound counterpart. SD60's based at Gateway are commonly used on the Bloomington train, two of which are painted in the Alton & Southern blue and yellow paint scheme with the "buzzsaw and bar" logo, which pays homage to the time when this St Louis terminal road was jointly owned by the MOP and CNW.

"The Alton Route" is familiar name around here, though its origins don't come from the St. Louis based railroad represent by the lead unit. This stretch of railroad is the former Chicago & Alton, commonly referred to as "The Alton", and eventually came under the control of the B&O. They left a heavy influence on the line in the form of CPL signals that were installed when CTC was put in place. The last of these B&O CPL's made it all the way into 2018 before finally being replaced.

As the years went on, the line passed through several different owners. The GM&O acquired it, and, of course, it eventually became the ICG after the merger with the Illinois Central. The line was divested and then operated as the Chicago, Missouri & Western Railway, which only lasted a couple of years before going bankrupt in 1990.

The line was split in two following CMNW's bankruptcy. The western half through St Louis and into Kansas City became the Gateway Western until being absorbed by KCS and more recently now a part of the CPKC. The Chicago to St Louis line through Springfield was purchased by the Southern Pacific and operated by them as the Southern Pacific Chicago - St. Louis, spelled as SPCSL and pronounced "Spizzle". Ultimately, UP merged with the SP, still the current owner of the line. 4/26/25.

This road leads from the remote northern town of Atlin, British Columbia past the historic Discovery townsite and into an area of active mining. I checked it out just after sunrise after a day of rain. The rising sun had lit all the wires, and highlighted what remained of the previous day's cloud.

Photo taken with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro, hand held. All post processing was performed in DxO PhotoLab 5.3.x.

Creative Note: As with all my photos, unless otherwise stated, nothing has been removed or added to the image. I never replace elements such as the sky or other objects in the composition. What you see is as near as possible to what I saw. For me, the challenge is finding the beauty that already exists in the world. Some images may be cropped or straightened somewhat in post, and I do tweak the light and exposure to reflect the memory in my mind's eye.

3265 leads the transfer of the 'Steam to Surf' consist back to Thirlmere, seen here putting on a display heading upgrade into Campsie in a lucky patch of shadow-free evening sun. 4916 is on the rear.

MRL 4405 leads the charge up the western slope of Mullan Pass. While I had frequented the MRL many times while I lived in Colorado it had about 15 Years since spent some quality time on the MRL and boy did it feel good. I am disappointed that the MRL is being absorbed back into the corporate fold and I will miss the blues but the scenery is still spectacular and as I understand it most of the people running the show will still be around so that's something.

Flower garden.

UP 8094 leads a loaded coal train eastbound through Covington, Virginia, along the CSX Alleghany Subdivision.

LTEX 2376 leads the LNL up the DT&I through Ottawa, running right through the heart of a neighborhood on the east side of town. It honestly kind of looks out of place here, but the shot turned out decent!

BNSF 8412 leads a northbound coal empty through the Greenland Open Space in Greenland, CO.

You can barely see Pikes Peak on the left side of this shot through the haze-filled sky. Things have been pretty hazy along the Rampart Range for about a week leading up to this shot thanks to wildfire activity in Montana and the Pacific Northwest. There have been days, particularly down south, where you cannot even see the mountains through the haze. But around here, we'd much rather have the smoky haze than the actual fire!

UP DDA40X 6936 leads the Quad Cities Rocket West through Colona, IL.

37218 leads 37716 past the remaining North Eastern Railway steel lattice signal gantry at Harrogate. Returning to York, the train is Sundays 3S29, an out and back 08:27 from York to Hellifield via Harrogate and Leeds. November the 6th 2022.

Thanks to Gordon Edgar for pointing this one out.

NR18 leads NR25, NR73 and NR76 south through Loftus with a diverted 6BM4 superfreighter to Melbourne. NR18 had arrived into Sydney that morning with the Indian Pacific, and was placed onto 6BM4 for the run to Melbourne (likely for maintenence works to be done).

6BM4 had been diverted to run via the Illawarra line due to trackwork between Campbelltown and Glenfield.

DL #3643 leads PO75 west by Tobyhanna Station in some wet December rain in the last of the day’s light.

Tibetan woman leads her yak across a narrow rocky spit at Namtso, a sacred lake lying at 15,700 feet on the Tibetan plateau.

This is the path that leads me into the magic of our ravine. My Wolfhound, Ben and I would venture down into the ravine all throughout the year, even in the frigid cold of winter, and with much stealth, we would spend hours in silence, amongst the animal pathways - discovering even more pathways that would take us even further into the depths.

We would run into the occasional coyote, moose, deer, beaver, woodpecker, owl and of course, way too many obnoxious squirrels that took great pleasure to announce our otherwise, covert presence. There was always an adventure to be had!

The ravine used to be a place of solitude.

Since Covid has reared its ugly head, our ravine has been discovered. It is incredibly busy now. Entourages of families, walking or biking. Children hooting and hollering as they gain momentum, biking down the hill, the sweet, musky perfume of the ravine awakening their senses. Lovers, hand in hand, hiding in the bush - or so they think, stealing kisses amongst the many hiding places. I know them all. Photographers, hired to take photos of children, families, couples and wedding parties amongst the falling wardrobe of my favourite trees. Joggers. People with their dogs.

So many people! People that I have never seen before! How did they find our ravine?

My husband and I took our dogs to the ravine last night, just as we have done thousands of times before. There were so many people! We paused by the creek, away from everyone and immersed ourselves in the unfolding symphony of Autumn. I had a euphony. I told him.

“I feel like every time I come down here, I am not making

memories anymore, instead, I find myself recalling the memories.

I must be getting old…”

He didn’t say anything.

I want to covet my ravine. I want to keep it for myself. I don’t want to share it! I want to come into the cathedral of trees, and remember the years I shared with them, my husband, my children, my dogs, my family, my friends.

I know there are many life lessons to be learned in this ravine. It is a place of refuge. A place of discovery. A place to talk, to pray, to wish, to hope. It is a place where I found snippets of peace in a world gone mad.

Life is about change - I am keenly aware of that fact. I know I need to adapt. I know that I need to, in quiet resignation, share my ravine with the intruders and those that dare to walk the path into the magic. They too could benefit from the many gifts that the forest has to offer and perhaps if they learned to respect this hallowed place then the legacy of it would carry on.

I will snicker to myself though, for there is one thing that I know that these new people will never know and it comes from walking these paths for hours, days, years. In the darkness of the evening the sentinels of the forests, our beautiful trees, clock out, and go off duty. They uproot themselves and to the lull of the wind and the music of the night they become as children, liberated, dancing, and frolicking in unabated abandonment, casting shadows throughout the forest. When the whimsy is over they take their positions - but not in the same place as the day before. They are always just a tad off. Perhaps, they too, have come to the realization that we do not live in a perfect world and that change is necessary. They don’t fool me though! I have walked the paths way too long to know better. I can see what they are up to in their quiet rebellion and you can be sure this is one secret I will not share…

SOO 6036 leads a leaser and fellow 60 out of the tunnel on Main 2 under gorgeous fall sun. I had followed this train over twelve hours earlier out of Glenwood and through the night up to Dickinson. At Dickinson the plan was for 497 to setout the 6036 in order for the train to continue East, as the 6042 had developed issues. After getting the power all shuffled around, the train was tied down for a relief crew.

I woke up the next morning to find the train was approaching Humboldt, so I decided to go grab some shots of it during normal hours as well. This is always a good spot to nab an Eastbound after the sun swings, and this day was no different.

Just another night on the West Side.

IANR 451 leads a cut of hoppers into Shell Rock where they'll drop cars for the elevator.

This road leads to Lake Geneva in Yviore, France. At the end of the road, there is a wonderful hotel and restaurant on the lake.

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BNSF 6519 leads a doubled up grain train over the Hi-Line a Bison West. These grain trains are monsters in size with over 900 axles, 2 units up front, 3 mid-train, and another 3 on the tail.

Head-end power: BNSF 6519 (GE ES44C4) - BNSF 8125 (GE ES44C4)

A new UP 1989 leads a Bowie (gone) - Valmont (gone) coal load into the west leg of the Delta wye; the jct with the original D&RG mainline between Grand Junction, Montrose and beyond. Hard to miss that "radiant" heritage unit on this monsoon soaked July day in the Western CO desert. This trackage is no more as the few coal trains left on the North Fork branch traverse the 2007 built Delta bypass.

The Delta Elevator still stands, the original Rio Grande alignment seen here is now a 4 lane highway:

www.google.com/maps/@38.740279,-108.0774106,3a,75y,49.86h...

CBRVL 09

Delta, CO

7.9.06

WNYP 630 leads the Traveller on an IDA tour of the WNYP at Alfred, NY on August 24, 2009. I took this with a little point & shoot camera. One of these days I will get the slides from this day scanned.

A CN SD50F leads UP Train MBNAS 28 past Ridgley Tower at the I&M Diamond on the UP Springfield Sub., emulating a scene that would have been much more common if the ICG hadn't spun off the Ex-Chicago & Alton to to the CMNW in 1987.

The tower was roughly a century before this picture by the C&A and governed the south end of their yard, a siding, the Chicago & Illinois Midland Diamond, and several connection tracks, including one that lasted until the end, known as the Dick Lead. The C&IM is now simply the Illinois & Midland, and the IMRR is a Genesee & Wyoming outfit. In 2008 Ridgely Tower became the last mechanical tower in the United States with one switch, the #22 Switch still operated with a mechanical pipeline and "Armstrong" levers.

The former C&A, perhaps better known simply as "The Alton" passed through many owners over the years and was once controlled by the B&O. In fact, their influence was in full effect when CTC was installed on the railroad, and that authority was conveyed by CPL signals. The line was later bought by the GM&O, passed to the ICG with the merger with Illinois Central, and spun off to the ill-fated Chicago, Missouri & Western.

Soon bankrupt, in 1990 the line was split in half. The western portion became the beloved Gateway Western and today is part of CPKC. The Springfield line was sold to the Southern Pacific and operated as the SPCSL—Southern Pacific Chicago-St. Louis, phonetically pronounced "Spizzle", until inherited by Union Pacific in 1996. The B&O CPL's lasted until just a few years ago and those aspects and indications were present on the pages of the UP SSI.

Tower Operator Clifford Ditto gives a roll-by inspection as the train passes the tower. Cliff was an MKT old head from Oklahoma and showed me around the tower that day telling me stories about when he worked for the Katy. A little over a year later Cliff passed away on 8-3-08, the day before my seniority date on the UP.

Control functionality was transferred to the Harriman Dispatching Center in Omaha on 6-29-10 when the interlocking was outfitted for remote operation and the last operator worked the following day. The tower was demolished on 8-8-11, replaced by another gray signal bungalow. There's virtually no trace left today that the tower ever stood.

Locomotives: CN 5423, UP 9729

4-28-07

Springfield, IL

BNSF 6417 leads a westbound intermodal downgrade thru Kingman Canyon, while across the way an eastbound climbs toward Kingman on February 29, 2020.

Union Pacific 5496 leads a Salt Lake City to Denver Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train at Soldier Summit, Utah on Sept. 27, 2016.

one thing leads to another

BLE 867 leads CN L512 West past what is likely the final remaining EJ&E searchlight in Whiting, IN.

A CSX C40 leads an autorack train south through the National Cemetery in Nashville on November 1, 2013. It was most worthwhile spending a couple of hours in the cemetery before flying home that morning. I spent the time between trains walking through the crosses, reading the names, thinking not only of their sacrifice but what all veterans have sacrificed. At the time I had a close perspective on the sacrifices as my son had recently been discharged from the Marines. It's a shame that we don't all get to see firsthand what these men and women give up and go through to serve their country..

This is a reprocessing of a similar shot posted years ago using more modern tools and possibly higher user skills.

VB SANDON leads Boluda Towage flotilla out of Gladstone Lock on March 26, 2023.

Photographed during the DANIEL ADAMSON Mersey Dock and River Cruise on Sunday March 26, 2023.

After concluding a tour of Liverpool North Docks the DANIEL ADAMSON ran down in the large Gladstone Lock in the company of 8 tugs from both Svitzer and Boluda Fleets.

For more photographs of the DANIEL ADAMSON Mersey Dock and River Cruise on March 26, 2023 please click here:

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A KiHa 40 Series leads a Takaoka bound futsu (local) while it passes Onnaiwa Island in Toyama Bay during the morning "rush hour".

This little branch line, named the Himi Line, connects Takaoka to Himi in Toyama Prefecture. The railway parallels the shoreline of Toyama Bay for a few kilometers. Little rocky islands can be seen from the train, as well as the mountains of the Noto Peninsula on one side, and the Japanese Alps (out of view) on a clear day on the other. During the week, it's a vital commuter railway for school students. During the weekend, it provides access to a nice little beach getaway from the city. Although services are limited to a train every 30-60 minutes or so, it's worth it for some seaside views.

JR Himi Line.

JR KiHa 40 Series

Ota, Toyama Pref., Japan

Fear chains the soul to the darkness. Love leads to the Freedom and Light! Let your power be connected with Love only and never sow fear in the world!

BNSF 539 leads a westbound M-SUPMIN (Superior, WI - Minot, ND) into the lowering sun on a pleasant evening in Emerado, ND.

I had gotten home from work, turned on the scanner, and was surprised to hear something departing Grand Forks out the Devils Lake Sub. I was pleased to see this brilliant, 4-axle B40-8W leading the charge out of the Red River Valley! I chased this train west and got two more shots in Arvilla and Larimore...

BNSF 6852 leads a Portland bound Q train through east control point of Hope siding. With the Northern Pacific signals falling sometime this winter or early next year I made a priority to shoot all the signals left on the MRL 4th subdivision. After having a good pizza (Rocco's pizza) in the town of Clark Fork, I heard a horn of a westbound in the distance and headed up to east Hope. Nice end to a beautiful day on the 4th sub.

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CP 8560 leads CP 143 through Fort Erie, Ontario on the CN Stamford Sub as they head towards Buffalo to be handed off to the CSX for the remainder of the journey.

Passing Barton, 37099 Merl Evans 1947-2016 leads 1Q47 Derby RTC to Carlisle into the winter sun.

WNYP 426 leads the LA&L road train at Stull Road in Rush, NY on October 29, 2024. This is a nice location, but is best done on an overcast day due to the harsh backlighting. A car had pulled up to get the mail in one of the mailboxes, and thankfully pulled away just seconds before the train appeared.

BNSF #9721 leads westbound loads from the basin at Springdale, MT along the banks of the Yellowstone River. The Crazy Mountains are visible in the distance with Crazy Peak (Elevation 11,178) visible (center peak) still snow capped.

Walking Beccles Fen leads to the Waveney Footpath and part of the Angels Way. By this time the snow was falling in waves and drifts creating blizzard like conditions with the wind driving the snow horizontally causing very poor visibility. Again Muntjac could be seen darting here and there into thickets and reed beds to get some cover from the driving snow. I finally made it back to Beccles Quay and then home and by this time the wind had dropped but the snow flakes got really big and over the afternoon a good couple of inches laid. We made snow men and watched out of our front window seeing cars skidding, coming to a halt and people walking and sliding and making their way home. I took many photos on the walk that will be posted soon and with more snow forecast for the next couple of days maybe more to come. Awesome.....

BNSF 7418 leads Tacoma to Chicago Intermodal train east at Grizzly Montana. The train is in the siding as it heads east, meeting 2 Westbounds at the same time.

Piers,pipes and posts all leading out to sea.A wonderfully equipped beach for the photographer with so many interesting subjects both in and out the water.

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A BNSF Warbonnet leads a WB on the KC Metro Sub through the West Bottoms of Kansas City on 12-5-25. It was a short train, and going by the abundance of CP cars, I want to say this was CPKC YKK12 or whatever the transfer run to UP yard is now, as CPKC is now doing the transfer.

BNSF ES44DC 7458 leads a westbound BNSF empty grain train through Parkville with a very distinct (to say the least) look on its nose. Back in 2013, BNSF 7458 was involved in a wreck that had caused damage to the nose and plow that needed to be repaired. After a quick fix and paint match at Topeka, BNSF 7458 was back out on the rails. However, 11 years later, the quick patch job has turned into a fading mess that has begun to show the original brown and grey primer once again.

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BNSF Saint Joseph Subdivision

Parkville, Missouri, USA

November 11, 2023

Canon EOS 60D

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

2023 River Gabbert

CN SD75I 5654 leads the G-ELUALG West through Galesburg, IL. The train is on three different subdivisions. The head end is entering the Ottumwa Sub, the train within B-plant is on the Mendota Sub and the rest of the train is on the Barstow Sub. Just ahead the train will make a turn South on the Brookfield Sub,

Conrail 3266 leads a trio of bastardized GP40's on a Westbound at Goodman Street Yard in Rochester, NY in the late Summer of 1977. I recently scanned some oldies from my Graphlex camera days. I did not do a good job of recording dates back then, so all I can do is guess that this was probably August of that year.

A path that leads away from the marked Aiplspitz trail, and sometime later this path ends, and you have to just climb by crossing an ever steeper getting meadow till you reach the ridge.

In the background to the right is the Wendelstein (1,740 m).

Tour: Geitau – Heißenplatte

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www.kompass.de/usertour/detail/7029-Hei%C3%9Fenplatte%200...