UP 8030 and a pair of UP 70M's lead a west bound stack train through a wide S-curve and toward the east end of Shawmut Siding on the former SP Sunset Route in southern Arizona.

UP 8716 leads a 70M and a GEVO on the point of a stack train moving west on UP's Gila Sub at Shawmut Siding.

UP 7642 is on the point of an 8-motor engine move heading west down the Gila Sub at Shawmut Siding.

Ex-SP and SSW GP40-2's layover on a very quiet Thanksgiving Day in UP's Phoenix Yard.

A pair of UP EMD's lead an empty sand train down the CP with downtown St. Paul towering in the background.

CAT-Powered RRVW 2053 is on the point of a Twin Cities & Western transfer passing a Minnesota Commercial's Midway Yard. The train is heading for downtown St. Paul and past Dayton's Bluff.

One of Minnesota Commercial's B 23's pulls on a cut of cars to be worked in the yard as a TC&W transfer works its way toward downtown St Paul in the distance on an exceptionally cold November day.... (more)

CP 6230 is in charge of a short transfer passing Dayton's Bluff and heading into Pig's Eye Yard. The return-to-service of CP's SD60 fleet was a welcomed sight on my day around the Twin Cities.

Some of the exceptionally flat terrain in Northeast South Dakota can give way to some exceptionally brilliant sunsets. Much like this one lighting up sky just west of Aberdeen on BNSF's Mobridge S... (more)

An eastbound freight and westbound empty Big Stone Power coal train are stopped for a meet at the West Siding Switch at Andover, SD. Andover siding still controlled with hand-lined switches, simpl... (more)

A pair of standard cab CSX motors lead an eastbound train from Fairfax, KS through Kansas City. While this train retains an "A" symbol, it often runs with manifest traffic other than autos and aut... (more)

A Norfolk Southern transfer, lead by a BNSF Dash 8 and "The Pill", move under the massive 12th St. Viaduct that connects downtown Kansas City with the Historic West Bottoms. This train is coming d... (more)

A pair of KCS Belles, lead by 4108, lead an empty grain train across the Terminal. The train will be handed off to the UP on the Kansas-side of the city.

A trio of UP 70M's are on the point of a westbound intermodal along the Missouri River Bottoms in Kansas City at AS&B Jct.

KCT's "Bananas" lead a lengthy transfer from UP's Armourdale Yard. The train is moving through the Adam St. Interlocking heading for Mill St. Yard.