The Arizona - New Mexico Centennial Special runs south into Colorado Springs on a picture-perfect fall day. The UP 844 and Southern Pacific Heritage unit brought out the crowds as t... (more)

The annual Nordic Ski Train chartered by the Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage breezes north for an afternoon of fun in the snow in Curry, AK. Mt. McKinley, aka Denali, stands watch in the b... (more)

Coal empties run west (RR north) through Matanuska JCT on another beautiful Spring evening under endless blue skies. I know Montana likes to be known as "Big Sky Country", but c'mon, Montana, thi... (more)

The Countdown Unit brings up the rear of the southbound Nordic Ski Train seen here at Matanuska JCT. The Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage charters the annual ski train for an all-day event ... (more)

Thanks to MoW east of Dilworth, a detoured MERC coal train makes its way down a surprisingly empty west end of the Grand Forks yard behind a pair of GEVOs. The University of North Dakota's power ... (more)

The Alaska Railroad is cool in so many different ways that it should come as no surprise that even their Jersey Barriers are cool! The ARR logo is imprinted into these little concrete walls, and ... (more)

'Mash Illusion. While this looks like one, giant grain complex, it is not. The silos on the left are almost 1500 feet behind the center structure and the silos on the right.... (more)

Classic ex-BN power leads the daily H-GFDNTW south past the grain behemoth in Alton, which sits silent on this pleasant Saturday afternoon. More info at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD SD40-2
Location: Alton, North Dakota, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 8073
Train ID: H-GFDNTW
Photo Date: April 12, 2008

Join us at Alaska Railfanning! A matched pair of MACs just emerged from the 5,050' long Portage Tunn... (more)

BNSF 8767 and a sister ACe were dispatched as manned helpers to rescue a manifest which had stalled out on the ascent up the Palmer Divide, seen here from the famed railfan hump pulling up the gra... (more)

Export coal loads cross the partially-frozen Snow River on their southbound journey to Seward. Once across the river, this train will hit grades over 2%; one of the reasons these coal trains are ... (more)

A Whittier-bound freight heads over Twentymile River under the control of ARR 3006, 1 of only 3 units left in the original black and yellow paint. Thanks to fellow RP contributor Frank Keller for... (more)

The Rio Grande in 2010! Only 8 Rio Grande-painted GP40s remain, so it's a nice surprise whenever one ends up powering the Colorado Springs Local. It's just bonus (and bragging) to ... (more)

The final few passengers take their time boarding the Denali Star at the depot in downtown Anchorage. This train would depart on time 17 minutes later.

My first Dilworth, MN - Grand Forks, ND manifest of the year has an H2 Dash 9 leading a trio of green EMDs north at MP 97. The hostler that put this lashup together needs some remedial training a... (more)