It's springtime in Alaska...wish you were here! But feel free to live vicariously through us at Alaska Railf... (more)

After setting AMTK 23 out in the Grand Forks Yard because of a main resevoir pressure failure after a collision with a vehicle, AMTK 65 was put in charge, wye'd, and it is seen here leading a 15-h... (more)

When heading out to 'fan the Joint Line, one expects to see a glut of faded H1 MACs, faded GEVOs, and H2 Dash 9s with the prize catch being a rare SD70ACe on the point. So when Conrail's very fir... (more)

"When I hear that Sante Fe start blowin' / I wonder where it's been and where it's goin'." -ZZ Top. This northbound (RR west) is goin' to Cohasset, MN with loaded coal during another spectacular N... (more)

This old BN Caboose is leading the way toward the BNSF interchange as the CP Transfer backs across the diamond. Check out the guy having a nice smoke on the back (or front, depending on how you l... (more)

DGNO 4017, a GP40 originally bullt in 1966 as NW 1338, splices a pair of SP-painted tunnel motors as they pull a manifest east through Arriba on the Kyle Railroad.

ARR 4319 leads the northbound Coastal Classic past the marsh waters just south of Portage on a calendar-perfect evening. This area was devastated during the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake which was ... (more)

After setting off the defect detector for hot axles about an hour an a half earlier and clogging the Joint Line, BNSF 9185 and BNSF 9190 are underway again with southbound coal as they try and mak... (more)

Northern Plains Railroad southbound (RR East) on the Glasston Sub with five GP35s pulling loaded grain toward Grand Forks.

The Walhalla Local returns to Grafton with the Dakota Northern Railroad now providing the power. The DN took over for BNSF on the Walhalla and Glasston Subs on 5 Feb.

I don't think there are that many SD70ACes on the Norfolk Southern roster so what one is doing out in Colorado leading a southbound manifest is beyond me. The Horsehead paint scheme may be boring... (more)

The Empire Builder is running almost 12 hours late, allowing for a rare daylight photo in the Red River Valley as it breezes east through Larimore. Standing on this snow pile for ~30 minut... (more)

ARR 4318 stretches out with the Coastal Classic over Twentymile River as a hooligan dipnetter and a fellow railfan look on.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!" If they could speak English, I'm pretty sure that's what a few of these birds would be screaming as they came dangerously close to slamming into the side of the dai... (more)

A Southern Belle Graces the Northern Plains. Pure class. KCS 4114 fronts an odd mix of power as it storms south with a late BNSF H-GFDNTW. KCS has raised the bar when it comes to ... (more)