This eastbound coal train was stopped at a red signal at Toston before dawn. I made it to this hill at Lombard to watch the sun come up and the train appeared with nice early morning light.
4483 splits the signals at Tobin, Montana. Trains, most with mid-train helpers in place, wait here for the signal to begin their climb of Mullan Pass. At the right in the photograph is the impre... (more)
Trains sitting in the Helena yard are getting ready to head west over Mullan Pass.
Led by a bit of foreign power, Norfolk Southern northbound intermodal train 214 cruises through Greensboro, NC on September 8, 2018.
Salmon fishermen anchor up outside the mouth Drano Lake which is a very popular spot to target returning Chinook Salmon. An early morning westbound set of cans crosses the causeway that separates... (more)
Beneath the Kansas City skyline, a deuce of ex-Burlington Northern EMDs crawl toward Olive St up the North Main with a lengthy T KCS1 10R on the drawbars. This is a transfer job that moves tonnage... (more)
BNSF 757 leads CSX Q642-01 into Lafayette, Indiana past the unique depot.
Early Bird Gets The Worm. My most favorite scheme BNSF Used, unfortunately it did not last longer than the 900-1000 series GEs. Taken this morning, I Was in Berea by 6:30 as Q560 was scheduled to ... (more)
A morning Eastbound, BNSF No. 6705, pulls a string of JB Hunt Intermodel Containers across the causeway separating the Columbia River from Chamberlain Lake into Lyle WA.
A BNSF 70MAC sporting the "executive" paint scheme leads the Northbound manifest down the Braswell Mountain Grade on a hot summer morning in Dixie.
A loaded Westbound Grainer rolls through Cooks Siding on the Fallbridge Sub.
A mixed Manifest exits Tunnel 3 on the Fallbridge Sub and into the morning light.
Frisco #1522 crosses the Meramec River on its last public excursion.
The regular early morning Z passes through Home Valley at about 6:30 AM just at sunrise.