A southbound Norfolk Southern freight takes the clear signal at South Leesburg, Ind., on May 16, 2011. The former New York Central branch line was upgraded with Pennsylvania-style position light signals recycled from other routes during Penn Central ownership. Photo by Bob Jordan […]
Norfolk Southern’s Norfolk & Western-painted heritage unit leads northbound train No. 124 through South Fork, Ky., and into the Green River valley on May 31, 2016. Photo by Jeff Wagoner […]
A northbound Norfolk Southern freight passes the unique siding switch and signals at North Leesburg, Ind., on March 24, 2011. The Santa Fe-painted locomotive is a run-through from BNSF Railway. Photo by Bob Jordan […]
Taconite pellets roll south through Marion, Ohio, on Oct. 19, 2014, bound for AK Steel in Ashland, Ky. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Pioneer Railcorp GP16 No. 1603 leads a westbound Napoleon, Defiance & Western train at Antwerp, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 2014, with just seven cars in tow. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Norfolk Southern train No. 375 passes maintenance equipment at “North Wye” near Faulconer, Ky., as the train prepares to head onto the Louisville District on April 25, 2016. Photo by Jeff Wagoner […]
Former Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 on the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad passes under the BNSF Railway “Race Track” at LaGrange, Ill., on June 10, 2016, en route to the 2016 Franklin Park Railroad Days. Photo by Benjamin J. Muciek […]
CSX Transportation train Q244-07 crosses the swing bridge at Spottsville, Ky., on the railroad’s LH&STL Subdivision on June 7, 2016. The line connects Louisville with Evansville, Ind. Photo by Jeff Wagoner […]
Former Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 No. 765 pulls west on Metra’s former Milwaukee Road main line at Franklin Park, Ill., on June 10, 2016, en route to the 2016 Franklin Park Railroad Days. Photo by Benjamin J. Muciek […]
This “Trackside with Trains” photo contest result comes from June 2016. The theme was “To the point.” Trackside with Trains was a regular, periodic contest among Trains website visitors from the earlier 2000s until October 2018. Anyone in the world who wanted to participate, could, and with rare exception, have their images judged by viewers […]
Norfolk Southern’s Southern Railway-painted ES44AC, No. 8099, leads intermodal train No. 200 south across the CSX diamond at Milford Junction, Ind., on June 12, 2016. Photo by Randy Olson […]
A northbound Norfolk Southern train enters the street running at Warsaw, Ind., on March 24, 2011. The signal guards the crossing of the former Pennsylvania Railroad main line, now the Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern. The former New York Central branch line was upgraded with Pennsylvania-style position light signals recycled from other routes during […]
