Dawn breaks on the Hi Line Subdivison at Nyack, as a westbound Grainer breaks the early morning stillness.

Out of the vastness of the Arizona plateau comes the 528 East with a manifest, about to rumble across the great trestle at Canyon Diablo. Remnants of the foundation of the original 1882 single-tra... (more)

The big bridge over little Muddy Creek feels the weight of an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight at Collins, Montana, on September 5, 1998. The train heading for Great Falls is led by ... (more)

Quickly approaching the diamond with the NS Springfield-Hannibal district, the CEIGAL waste no time with nothing but greens ahead. This train was the only train on the line from Centralia all the ... (more)

Turning northwest into some nice afternoon light is the Centralia to Galesburg manifest with a couple of newly rebuilt CP SD70ACu's in tow.

On a warm evening, the Galesburg to Chicago local makes its way over the Des Plaines River, running as a manifest rather then 104, due to today being a weekend.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe EMD SD40-2 No. 8046 leads a westbound train toward the 305-foot Tunnel 5.5 at Plateau, also sometimes referred to as Philemon Tunnel, near Cyr, Montana, on July 3, 200... (more)

A variety of power sits in Galesburg Yard, including Metra's newest switcher, EMD GP23ECO NIRC 10

BNSF all-rail UKESMAD0-10T rolls slowly through Bob Dylan's hometown of Hibbing, MN and the old depot as they head back west to Kelly Lake then turn south for a trip to Granite City near St. Louis... (more)

A Santa Fe bluebonnet GP39-2 sits in GM Yard next to M-CHIGAL.

A Loram ballast cleaning train passes under the decommissioned ATSF signal bridge at Lisbon Road, north of Marceline, Missouri. You can see the signal bridge still in place, but the signal heads ... (more)

Low clouds hang in Cajon Pass on a December morning. BNSF no. 7112 and mates appear out of the fog pulling stacks eastbound up the hill through Blue Cut.

After a long wait, this westbound empty coal train appeared after coming off the Missouri River bridge. Continuous rains have raised the water level here.