After a daylong snow storm, train I-DUSE (Dupo Yard, East St. Louis - Seattle, WA) is plowing snow as it assaults the final climb of the Blue Moutains of Eastern Oregon. A foot and a half of snow ... (more)
The first major winter storm of the season has decended upon the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon and the "Oregon Short Line" - UP's main line between the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest. Tr... (more)
A heavy fall fog has dropped down over the yard at Centralia, WA as train M-PASTAC rolls into the yard to set out a bad order car. The switchman on the ground has bundled up and has his lantern on... (more)
Smoke from far away wildfires and the setting sun casts a nice glow over the valley as short WB Z-CHCLAU (Chicago, IL - Laurel, MT) scoots into Hebron, ND.
An uphill Simpson Timber train rolls along at MP 6 on its way to the dry sort yard at Mill 5 outside of Shelton, WA.
A westbound coal empty rolls towards Richarton, ND as a thunderstorm builds in the distance. This storm cell would later produce a tornado south of Bismarck, ND
This westbound manifest is playing hide and seek with the clouds and sun at Eagles Nest along the Crookton Cutoff on the BNSF transcon in Northern Arizona.
Sunrise greets a westbound feed train through West Daggett, CA. The new 3rd track is in service and is on right side of photo.
At sunrise, this light power set is returning to Barstow yard after taking a cut of cars out to a siding in the desert for a later departure by an eastbound roadcrew.
Coming out of the hogback between Lavic and Pisgah, this manifest has almost completed its trip across the Mojave.
At 71mph this Tacoma, WA - Marion, AR K Line train is blasting through Rufus, OR in the Columbia River Gorge. Mt. Hood is in the background.
Climbing into Crates, outside The Dalles, OR this K line train has only begun its journey to Marion, AR. The hills of Washington are in the background.
EB Z train passes next to The Dalles Dam at North Dalles, WA. Mt. Hood in background.
An AGP unit soy train has been handed off to the Puget Sound and Pacific and is switching at Rochester, WA on this foggy morning.
Northbound Vancouver, WA - Tacoma, WA train rolls into Kalama at sunset.