Led by Union Pacific GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 5935, a BNSF coal train climbs Crawford Hill at Breezy Point (a.k.a. Windy Point) west of Belmont, Nebraska, on the afternoon of July 11, 2008.

Eastbound stacks.

A pair of GEs power a westbound empty coal train.

Late in the afternoon of July 4, 2019, Mother Nature decided to provide some of her own fireworks over Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Torrential rain, lots of lightning and some wind sent us into... (more)

UP5607 is loosing the race with the setting sun as it climbs the 1% grade of Logan Hill. The 4 track joint UP-BNSF mainline is not as busy as it once was, but there is still plenty of traffic. The... (more)

UP 5645 & 7814 power westbound empties.

A Union Pacific AC4400 brings up the rear of a westbound stack train as the DPU. The train is passing by the former Texas & Pacific depot in Ranger, Texas, which no serves as a museum and visitors... (more)

UP 5644 (AC44CWCTE) heads east after a crew change at the Cheyenne Depot.

Union Pacific 6046 leads two GE tier 4's in southeastern Idaho.

UP 5944 passes under I-80 as it leads a westbound mixed freight up Peru Hill.

UP 5881 & 6895 power a westbound intermodal train.

BNSF MofW forces are probably real tired of inspecting track this spring in a boat. Here a crew works their way thru the Fort Madison Yard as a eastbound UP train pulls into town for a crew change... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 was the 3rd highest crest on reco... (more)

For as long as I can remember, the MOGRV (previously known as the MRORV) was a "junk train". It had relatively low priority and was usually comprised of a mishmash of boxcars, gondolas a... (more)