A fine looking C-boat leads cowls from both EMD and GE into the late evening haze west of Fort Madison. Quite a difference in appearance from today's railroading with a nearly endless string of bo... (more)

The last train of the day is CP 609, a string of empty oil cans headed back to the midwest from Albany, NY.

Alsthom CP 1943 diesel locomotive with IC 542 intercity train from Covilhã to Lisbon.

On BNSF 3014 (GP40-2) you can see where the old number that was on the side - 3515 - was painted out.

Traffic jam on Logan Hill: A gloomy winter sunrise finds the three tracks at the summit of Logan Hill jammed with coal trains, while a BNSF load in the distance drops down towards Bill. Th... (more)

Once again, Amtrak phase IV heritage engine #184 is assigned to the Coast Starlight's locomotive pool. Along with this, the Coast Sub has livened up quite a bit due to the recent derailments on Te... (more)

The passenger train starts after the stop at the station, heading north on the track that curves slightly cant. To the right a freight train pulled by a diesel locomotive class 220 of FER "Ferrovi... (more)

BNSF 4856 leads the Coast Starlight South, towards Los Angeles.

A steam powered freight train sits idle at the depot as goods are offloaded at the freight station just behind and nearly out of view. Part of a Lerro Productions charter.

Railfans in Denver have a colorful selection of BNSF power to watch - including this SD40-2 retaining the Warbonnet yellow/blue scheme of the former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

A little nod to the folks at MNDOT and the engineering department is in order for building a bridge strong enough to support all the people gathered to watch the MILW 261 arrive in Duluth, Shot f... (more)

The local Quad Graphics job puts on an Alco-esque smoke show as it leads a drag of loaded boxcars up Byron Hill past a stalled out Q116 stack train.

Local with two GP 25's heading to Quincy, WA