TRRA transfer behind a pair of six axle units in the old red paint wait with a #101 transfer for the A&S .

I left Colorado for Alaska on 4.18.11 and spent my first night in Laurel, MT. I was fortunate to see the LM departing Laurel so I had a travel companion across western Montana, well at least as fa... (more)

I left Colorado for Alaska on 4.18.11 and spent my first night in Laurel, MT. I was fortunate to see the LM departing Laurel so I had a travel companion across western Montana, well at least as fa... (more)

After assembling their train for most of the morning in the East Yard, the Longmont Switch led by a former SD45-2 pulls up down the middle of Atwood Street in Longmont, CO, so they can realign the... (more)

A short AVR train heads back to Glenwood. A longer AVR freight came through about five minutes later - never thought I'd see back to back trains on the W&P!

A local returns to Helena making good time as the sun sets on this day.....

A view that very few people ever get to see is that from on the nose of the first SD40 ever built, let alone with a Leslie S5T on top. The horn is present here for an initial "fitting" as part of ... (more)

Seen from high above downtown off Cliff Drive, westbound UP freight SKHK departs Spokane and crosses Washington Street on the classic concrete arch bridge built in 1915 and still wearing the "NPRY... (more)

The Island Avenue turn snakes it's way through a snowy downtown Pittsburgh

The shadows are growing longer on that March afternoon as a UP doublestack glides down Beaumont Hill in the San Timoteo Canyon. The leading SP SD40M-2 is quite deceiving as the UP-SP merger was al... (more)

SD40M-2 leads a mixed westbound freight on the Sunset Route over a steel trestle in the Salton Sea area.

SD40M-2 leads a mixed westbound freight on the Sunset Route not far from the Salton Sea shore. At this point the tracks run below sea level - related to the Pacific ocean of course.

A fully stocked Pueblo Yard is active this morning with the Minnequa local building its train, and other BNSF moves occurring all over.

After setting a bad ordered flat car off at maintenance, the power for the yard returns to building trains. Directly above 1719, the "Hill Cut" job that runs to Evraz Steel and the Vestas plant is... (more)

BNSF's Pikes Peak Local sported some neet power, An SD45-2 rebuild and a Santa Fe painted SD40-2 lead this days Pikes Peak Local down to Colorado Springs. The SD45-2 rebuild is one of 10 on the sy... (more)