A quartet of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe helpers return from Elliston, MT to Helena after moving a westbound unit grain train over Mullan Pass (cut-in mid-train). Herds of cattle are not an uncommon... (more)

KCS and CP power has been well-mixed since the merger. Train K37 is a good example of that with one of each climbing out of the Mississippi River Valley on the way to Mason City. Late October ligh... (more)

The conductor for CN L516 protects the backup move as the power for his train backs down the siding at New Richmond. Snow flakes fly in the light of his lantern. The snowfall wouldn't amount to mu... (more)

Train L516 on the Minneapolis Sub is about to get back underway after picking up two units off the siding (CN 2899, CN 2800). A cold December rain mixes with exhaust in a swirl illuminated by the ... (more)

Early in the workday, the sun is still low but crews are hard at work moving freight on the Iowa Traction. 100 year old plus electric motors show no sign of yielding to more common shortline power... (more)

Fox Valley and Lake Superior's local out of Bradley in northern Wisconsin has wrapped up its work at Prentice and is headed back east. Locomotives off Watco sister road Wisconsin & Southern are co... (more)

I've had chance encounters with BNSF 982 many times over the years. Like an old friend it's good to see it still hard at work decades later, still in original paint no less. Here it splits the gra... (more)

On a line dominated by coal trains, the Denver to Galesburg train provides a welcome splash of variety. There has been plenty of change in the 25 years since this photo was taken. The searchlights... (more)

After a day spending switching on the Casper Sub as far south as Bonneville, WY the local arrives back at Greybull with 40 cars in tow. The Bighorn River provides a routing for this line as well a... (more)

When the Fox Valley and Lake Superior got started motive power came in the form of locomotives transferred from WAMX sibling Wisconsin & Southern. That explains the presence of WAMX 4186 working a... (more)

BNSF's Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest rounds a curve at Kane, WY. It's about to meet northbound counterpart DENLAU. This stretch of the Casper Sub is remote with few trains, "dark" te... (more)

The local run north of Greybull, WY has assembled a formidable 96 car train by the time it returns to the terminal. These old coal motors are a good match to the task of this heavy train. The long... (more)

Rough terrain is the setting for the local freight's trip through the Wind River Canyon. The channel cut through the mountains by the river doesn't leave enough room for the tracks in places. Near... (more)

With a lot of slow miles behind it from Rapid City an eastbound train waits for another crew to bring it over the next leg of the trip to Huron. The tracks to the east are in better shape with a 4... (more)

The local from Greybull, WY is southbound through the Wind River Canyon bound for Bonneville, WY. At Bonneville it will interchange with the shortline BD&W before returning north. The alignment th... (more)