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2 years ago this week, a pair of BN green units bring an intermodal train full of COVID-19 supplies east to St. Paul. To this day, this is still one of my favorite photos.
A quartet of 40 series EMDs hustle Rio Grande train No. 100 through Colton, Utah, five miles east of Solder Summit on Aug. 7, 1986. Train 100 was a daily move, interchange received from the Southern Pacific at Ogden, Utah, and interchange delivered to the Burlington Northern in Denver, Colorado.
Two of the hotter trains on the west end of the NS system meet at Dawson, IL, with 258 holding the main and 255 running the siding. While 255 normally runs with a solo unit, 258 can be a mixed bag. Its 1x1 configuration on this day allowed for a nice nose-to-nose meet.
The Kootenay Valley Railway's "Hotshot" heads west on the Boundary Subdivision on its way to Castlegar and Trail, passing the Brilliant Dam on the Kootenay River. The KVR is operated as an internal short line on the Canadian Pacific and includes the Boundary, Nelson and Rossland Subdivisions.
A five pack of four axle EMDs lead an eastbound priority manifest into the horseshoe curve at Mitchell, CO on D&RGW's Tennessee Pass Line.
SD40R No. 7313 leads Southern Pacific’s DVOAF through Riverton, Utah the evening of July 6, 1994. This rural landscape, 15 miles south of downtown Salt Lake City, is unrecognizable today with the addition of commuter rail and 26 years of commercial and residential development.
Wabash searchlights remain dark until the 4th or 5th car passes it, so these searchlight aspects were photoshopped for optimum image quality.
Canadian Pacific SD40-2F No. 9011 leads "The Hotshot" out Cranbrook, British Columbia in March 2015. The train will make its way west through the Kootenays to Nelson and Trail.
A late NS 229 crosses the CSX Callahan Subdivision at Crawford, FL on their way east toward Simpson yard in Jacksonville, FL.
An eastbound Union Pacific Z train with brand new power rolls away from Mt. Hood. The train is on the segment of double track east of The Dalles, Oregon.
The huge nose on this SD60M, combined with the postage stamp sized UP shield, demonstrates why fans begged UP to bring back the streamliner wings in the 1990s.
A hotshot for Chicago slams through Williamsfield, IL on the Chili Sub. This is another of those spots that I visited infrequently, and no matter how long I stayed, I always netted more afternoon westbounds than I ever did morning eastbounds.
Looking like the MAIL trains that used to grace these rails, a former Conrail SD40-2 has eastbound Q008-17 at track speed, splitting the 90s era Type-Gs at milepost 159 on the Indianapolis Line east of Sidney, OH.
Union Pacific's Long Beach, California to Denver, Colorado priority intermodal blasts through Henefer, Utah on Sept. 22, 2022.
Taken last night and met up with fellow photographer Stu Patterson. Enjoyed the craic and great company. Cheers marra! (HotShots)
With Shoreham work complete, 149 is well underway as it leaves Medina behind and cruises westward into the setting sun with lights to South Haven.
Santa Fe's famous 199 train screams through Coal City, in a nice spring rain. Great days, rain or not.
May 14, 1994.
A trio of former Rio Grande SD50s lead a short intermodal east along the Colorado River near Dotsero, CO on UP's Glenwood Springs Sub. This stretch of railroad was built as the "Dotsero Cutoff". It united what had been two separate lines, the original Denver & Rio Grande Western main line via Tennessee Pass and the former Denver & Salt Lake between Denver and Craig, CO via the Moffat Tunnel. The D&SL did not actually attain its namesake western destination until after being taken over by the D&RGW, and this connection was the final piece of the puzzle. I believe this train was ZRODV or a precursor to that UP Roseville to Denver intermodal symbol. The lead unit wore a grimy coat of original Rio Grande paint. The dirt may have accumulated during its time in helper service on Tehachapi Pass or other points west on the UP. Regardless, it was nice to see the trio back on home rails, even if one had been repainted.
UP ZDVRO:
DRGW 5502 SD50
DRGW 5503 SD50
DRGW 5514 SD50
I135-17 wasn't the only thing rumbling through Harpers Ferry on a stormy sunday afternoon, as the friendly conductor flashes a wave while they flew through the iconic Harper's Ferry Depot. Standing next to me was a young man in an orange CSX shirt, thrilled to hear they were coming when I walked in with my scanner. It was genuinely fantastic to see his enthusiasm for a train, any train, and to see his excitement as we listened to them calling signals, the low tones of a Gevo echoing off the mountains. His enthusiasm for an intermodal with a common leader was a great reminder to me that they don't always have to be rare, unique, or special. Sometimes a hotshot with a common leader fits the bill just fine, and in this case, I135-17 sure did.
Former Chicago and North Western C44-9W 8687 was leading the hot SCCSZ along with a former Southern Pacific C44-9W on 11-3-96.
It was holding outside of Clinton due to congestion ahead.
Vianet Djenguet sur le terrain - in the field !
Vianet Djenguet est un photographe, caméraman et réalisateur animalier franco-congolais reconnu pour son engagement en faveur de la conservation et sa capacité à filmer la faune dans des environnements extrêmes et souvent hostiles. Fort de plus de 15 ans d’expérience, il a collaboré avec de grands diffuseurs internationaux tels que la BBC et National Geographic, parcourant le monde pour documenter la vie sauvage, notamment en Afrique, en Asie et en Amérique du Sud !
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Vianet Djenguet is a Franco-Congolese wildlife photographer, cameraman, and filmmaker, renowned for his commitment to conservation and his ability to film wildlife in extreme and often hostile environments. With over 15 years of experience, he has worked with major international broadcasters such as the BBC and National Geographic, traveling the world to document wildlife, particularly in Africa, Asia, and South America !
CP SD70ACU 7059 leads CPKC 180 West through Itasca, IL, just a few miles into this train's trip to Mexico.
Hotshot intermodal train I025 rockets south after a quick swap and go at Casky Yard on the CSX Henderson Subdivision.
A rare (for the Shasta Route) Southern Pacific General Electric B39-8 leads an intermodal train north out of Redding, California. It was a searing hot August afternoon in 1998.
At the time, you could park in the shade of a bridge and enjoy this vantage, out of the hot sun. ETTS.
After hearing reports of an ACu leading CPKC train no. 420 I hustled out the door just after sunrise. After making a coffee of course. Seeing a frost on the trees I made my way to a spot I had been eying for a while now. Sultan. It's a town about 45 minutes south-east of Chapleau and home to no more than 50 people. Eager to catch an ACu in morning light, I waited, and waited... Unfortunately for me RTC stuck them into the siding at Devon for a hotshot 101 then over to Nemegos for 421. After a lengthy wait they finally passed Sultan still in some decent winter light.
Blazing out of the mid-day sun, eastward down the former Nickel Plate mainline. Hammond, Indiana. August 1974.
Sometime in mid-September, the diamond between the CPR and former ACR at Franz, Ontario was severed, bringing over one hundred years of railroading tradition to a sudden and ruthlessly unceremonious end. Rumored to be the result of mounting maintenance costs and a lack of business, the railway between Franz and Oba now lies dormant. Here, heavy October skies set the tone as Canadian Pacific's Montreal to Edmonton hotshot no. 119 roars through the abandoned townsite of Franz and over the recently dismantled diamond. While the future of the ACR remains uncertain, Watco, the new operator of the line, has assured that a "One Way Low Speed" diamond is to be re-installed sometime in the new year when traffic is anticipated to resume.
As many will probably know from Danny Harmon's famous videos on the tropicana juice trains, these used to run as a hotshot unit train from Florida to NJ. During CSX's implementation of PSR, they were relegated to lower-priority manifests M300 and M301, both of which are reliably daylight trains on the RF&P. And while these trains do usually move with a purpose, they're not exactly the hottest trains on the railroad. That pace apparently wasn't working for Tropicana, and very recently the juice has been moved back to priority intermodal trains I031 and I032. While they're not the juice trains of old, it's still pretty neat to see the juice back on the headpin of the hottest trains on the RF&P.
Cruising through the community of Matfield Green, KS, a westbound BNSF "Z" train is making its way down the southern transcon on a mostly sunny Saturday, March 1, 2025 afternoon.
CPKC’s new daily northbound intermodal, 181, seems to be seeing mild success, with the train I shot on 5/20 being all of 20 cars long with two KCSM GEVOs on the point
Crosley era un fabricante de electrodomésticos que pensaba que la gente no necesitaba coches tan grandes. Este fue su segundo y último intento por convencer a sus compatriotas que grande no era mejor.
La gama de Crosley en esta segunda generación incluía este deportivo, una especie de mini Jeep para granjas y una ranchera.
A quiet and bitter stick season-esque Saturday morning in East Brookfield, MA is disturbed by CSX I022 on November 29, 2025. CSXT 3194, adorned for hono(u)ring the law enforcement leads the charge on the short but hot intermodal eastbound, narrowly dodging the early morning fall shadows. The crew has just knocked down CP 64 on the Boston Sub, (B&A) and hurtles towards the eastern terminus of Worcester.