An all EMD Northtown to Grand Forks manifest was a nice way to end our day. SD40-2, SD40-2, GP38-2 (with a reddish-orange patch to the conductor's side cab), SD40-2, SD40-2, MP15DC!

A Casselton, ND to Interbay, WA grainer crosses the Sheyenne River on a beautiful fall day. We didn't see anymore westbounds the entire afternoon, so this would end up being the last train I phot... (more)

A BNSF coal train snakes its way over the Missouri River with peak falls colors in the valley.

Just north of East Belle Ayr Jct. on the BNSF Orin Sub. in eastern Wyoming is Whitetail Hill. It is steep enough to require loaded trains to get an assist from the Belle Ayr helpers which are seen... (more)

Back when the East End District was still relatively fluid, an empty Georgia Power coal train takes the alternate routing to Sheffield, AL.

Another angle of the 10 unit consist rolling into Galesburg.

A BNSF manifest train led by a whopping 10 units rolls into Galesburg on a very frigid morning.

A study in stadiums. Running with an odd symbol, 76Z passes the nearly completed Mercedes-Benz Stadium to the left, while the retired Georgia Dome sits derelict in the background, it's demolition... (more)

A westbounder interrupts the calm at Wyaconda, Missouri.

BNSF 7255 leads Amtrak #8 thru Franksville, WI on January 13th, 2018. The low level coaches are unusual as well. Not bad for my first shot of the year.

This loaded BNSF coal train is sitting crewless on the south leg of the Bell Ayr wye in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Often coal trains, such as this one, are loaded by a separate loading crew and... (more)

Moving west on the Transcon at Wyaconda, this train has a couple Ferromex locomotives in the consist. It's a brutal day for railfanning at 6 degrees F with a 20 mph wind.

A pair of Ex-ATSF Warbonnets leads a pretty lengthy train out of Galesburg towards the Cameron Connection to take the transcon eastbound.

An eastbound BNSF coal load makes its way down the multiple hogbacks east of Bellevue, TX. The little town is just beyond the point where U.S. 287 crests the hill in the distance. Although the Wic... (more)

A high priority stack train with plenty of power runs around a lower priority train at Medill, Missouri.