CHQ Rails

08/17/2026

Wednesday was the first day of a five day trip for me, where I ultimately headed to Richmond.

First stop would be a visit to central Pennsylvania for some NS and RJ Corman action.

07/17/2026

Monday evening, CSX’s America 250 commemorative locomotives were traversing CSX’s former B&O and P&LE trackage through central Pennsylvania at the head of I117.

Perched above the former P&LE, now CSX’s Pittsburgh Subdivision, on the West End Bridge, the train passes next to where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers converge to form the Ohio River, with Downtown Pittsburgh standing tall in the background. The P&LE follows the left bank of the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers to get through the Steel City.

🎥🔗: https://youtu.be/zz03br2-78A?si=CSgvWmtnepr1sGtO

07/15/2026

UP 4014 returned to northeast Ohio on its way home to Cheyenne, so naturally, we had to go intercept:

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07/14/2026

A pair of icons followed each other through downtown Cleveland yesterday.

Union Pacific’s Big Boy is on its way home, traversing over the NKP Drawbridge, bound for an employee event later in the evening in Fostoria.

At the same time, but unfortunately too fast to be included in the same frame, was the famous Wingfoot 1, the Goodyear Blimp, which calls nearby Akron home.

06/28/2026

This last week, I took two opportunities to shoot Buffalo & Pittsburgh’s America 250 locomotives on SIBF/BFSI. Great chases both days! Locations in the descriptions

06/27/2026

Double dose of SIBF/BFSI chases this week!

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06/23/2026

This year I was able to go out for both weekends of Steam in the Valley! Came away with some great footage - probably my favorite collection of SITV coverage in all the years I have gone!

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06/15/2026

Last Sunday I took the opportunity to ride behind NKP 765 at the CVSR, and took some video while on the open air car. Here’s six straight minutes of 765 working the grade at Peninsula!

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06/10/2026

The UP 4014 “Big Boy” traversed the NKP probably for the first time since it was delivered from ALCO in 1941, and boy what a spectacle it was.

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