"One twenty-nine's coming in first!" Crew members confer in the yard as they wait to depart southbound.

Commuters and tourists mingle before the New Haven boards in the main concourse of Grand Central.

A trio of SD70's trundle past downtown, across the Mississippi River, and toward the South St Paul yard.

I grew up near the NWP in Marin County during the 1980s and never ever saw a train operate there south of Novato. Today, the right-of-way has been restored, and after many years of false starts an... (more)

Passing a trio of ES44's in the fueling rack, BNSF 5260 and 6935 chug into Missoula Yard, sprinkling corn kernels along the main. I chuckled as this train passed by, as some of the cars' roofs wer... (more)

These GP-38's had just coupled onto the caboose. Two out of the three sport relatively new paint jobs.

Coal hoppers roll east through Bismarck, past the historic Northern Pacific railroad station. The 1900-built depot is slightly unusual in that its design is Spanish mission-style, which is not too... (more)

IC 9625 and GTW 5825 shove a string of cars backwards through town.

NS 8828 leads a long string of autoracks south at speed near the former Monon main. These tracks cover what was once a canal many years ago.

At the tail end of a westbound coal drag, BNSF 6163 fills up at the fueling rack in Missoula. It looks like she's seen a little body shop work since we last saw her at RP.net.

Moments after crossing the Ohio River, CSXT 483, SD40 HLCX 8160, and CSXT GP40-2 5096 roll south through Covington. Mother of God Church is behind.

IC1011 and 1022 rumble southbound along US Highway 45.

It's a frigid winter day, with flurries falling around Mt. Sentinel, as BNSF 4299 and 6987 lead a long hopper train into the Missoula Yard. And I'm standing in snow up to my ankles. In work shoes.

A set of westbound autoracks takes up the siding at Martin for a meet in Tolono.

NS 6651 rolls westbound through Tolono. Shortly after taking this, I was detained by the police, questioned, and had a background check done for taking pictures of trains.