Bringing up the rear of the Loram Rail Grinder is a caboose with fire fighting equipment to suppress fires that may arise from the sparks generated by the rail grinding operation.
Out in the vast Mojave Desert on a late winter's day, this interesting westbound manifest came struggling up Ash Hill with a roundhouse full of power: Dash9s in BNSF and righteous Santa Fe marking... (more)
The last hurrah of four axle mainline power in the form of Dash8s and GP60s was being played out on BNSF as 6 axle road power was soon to become dominant. But not quite yet, as a four-pack of Dash... (more)
The 5586 was my "chaser" for the afternoon on this Montana summer day. Blessed with a train at the semaphores near St. Regis, I followed this westbound toward another blade setting near ... (more)
The solitude at Canyon Diablo is almost palpable - an entity that is at once overwhelming and eminently soothing. Only the rush of the wind disturbs the silence for awhile - until a thin silver li... (more)