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The night of May 5th, 2024, CSX's Office Car Special came down the CSX Chattanooga Subsivison. Here it can be seen passing by the 152 year old brick depot located in Stevenson, Alabama

No day on the OSL in Idaho is complete without at least one shot from the Hill. The infamous hill known as Medbury Hill has stood as a long challenge for trains. It's a 1.5% climb for quite the distance from the Snake River valley below to the desert plateau standing above. At the top of the hill is CP 393 to CP392 which is a center siding known as Reverse, and for a very long time a set of timeless searchlight signals stood guard over this fabled section of railroad. This set now no longer stands, and all the remains is the photos of their glory and the stories they told. Not long after this photo was taken, would ground break on the new signal bridges and signals that would replace these, and from this moment onward time was running out. Here's CP 8810 leading then train MPCET with an entirely CP visitor line up as they thunder up the grade under a glorious beautiful Idaho January sunset.

As this pair dubbed the dynamic duo, WAMX 3525, a classy old school GP30, and WAMX 3502, a classy former WP GP35, have grown in age, the days of seeing them together have become increasingly rare. Their days are very numbered, even though they are the first 2 motors for the BVRR when it began 12 years ago. This is the last photo I have of them together out on the road, as after this was taken, other than for cycling out the new fleet during inspection down time or mechanical downtime, this pair never leaves the yard, and even in the yard, it is rare they are together.

It's a hot punishing July afternoon for this hardworking set of motors as they pound every ounce of power to the rails with a heavy MHKPC behind them and a 1.5% climb in front of them.

After meeting a pair at Tunupa, UP 7189 is back well underway as they put the hammer down through town with a friendly greeting from the conductor as they roll past the only remaining Amshack on the OSL.

CP 2816 steams its way along the Mississippi River for the CPKC Final Spike Tour, one of the last spots before turning east at River Junction going into La Crosse.

The fireman on the D&RGW C-18 315 primes the injector as they make speed out of Antonito Colorado.

CP 7050 leads CPKC 255 through the embanked curve in Bangor, WI

On April 28th, 2024. I captured the Virginian heritage unit leading the NS 11z on the D&H Sunbury Line with a little smoke from the exhaust on a humid afternoon.

CPKC J20 rounds the sweeping curve just north of Kellogg, MN

With a lashup straight out of the late 90s, BNSF Z-SSECHC heads under the searchlights at Hoffman

RBMN #5020 leads the NRFF into Pittston Yard just before the storm.

CP 7039 performs DPU duty on an eastbound general manifest freight in eastern Louisiana while battle worn KCS 4658 leads a westbound intermodal train holding in the siding.

On the Morning of Dec 17th, 2023. Was 2 hours before dawn as Southern 154 is building steam with the dynamo on and the headlight bright on the last day of operation before the FRA 1472 day inspection begins.

UP 7480 leads the CN L57091 out of Newell Iowa towards Fonda. They are racing East for Fort Dodge.

A pair of KCS Belles lead train 315-31 at "BD" in Binghamton, NY

The weekly LTZ43 local heads back south from Burt with 2 units 1999 and 2012. After dropping off 50 unloaded grain cars at burt they proceed back to Eagle Grove!

Here we see the other end of the GSMR "Tuck Train" passing the Mr Beast unit

BNSF Autoracks sitting dark southbound on the Santa Fe line north/west of Bakersfield.

GSMR 1702 passes by former GSMR 711 now Mr Beast 711 on its side after Mr Beast purchased it and sister 777 for a stunt done for one of his videos. 777 has been removed while 711 is still laying on its side as of 3/2/24