Dawn breaks on the Hi Line Subdivison at Nyack, as a westbound Grainer breaks the early morning stillness.
Out of the vastness of the Arizona plateau comes the 528 East with a manifest, about to rumble across the great trestle at Canyon Diablo. Remnants of the foundation of the original 1882 single-tra... (more)
The big bridge over little Muddy Creek feels the weight of an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight at Collins, Montana, on September 5, 1998. The train heading for Great Falls is led by ... (more)
Quickly approaching the diamond with the NS Springfield-Hannibal district, the CEIGAL waste no time with nothing but greens ahead. This train was the only train on the line from Centralia all the ... (more)
Turning northwest into some nice afternoon light is the Centralia to Galesburg manifest with a couple of newly rebuilt CP SD70ACu's in tow.
On a warm evening, the Galesburg to Chicago local makes its way over the Des Plaines River, running as a manifest rather then 104, due to today being a weekend.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe EMD SD40-2 No. 8046 leads a westbound train toward the 305-foot Tunnel 5.5 at Plateau, also sometimes referred to as Philemon Tunnel, near Cyr, Montana, on July 3, 200... (more)
A variety of power sits in Galesburg Yard, including Metra's newest switcher, EMD GP23ECO NIRC 10
BNSF all-rail UKESMAD0-10T rolls slowly through Bob Dylan's hometown of Hibbing, MN and the old depot as they head back west to Kelly Lake then turn south for a trip to Granite City near St. Louis... (more)
A Santa Fe bluebonnet GP39-2 sits in GM Yard next to M-CHIGAL.
A Loram ballast cleaning train passes under the decommissioned ATSF signal bridge at Lisbon Road, north of Marceline, Missouri. You can see the signal bridge still in place, but the signal heads ... (more)
Low clouds hang in Cajon Pass on a December morning. BNSF no. 7112 and mates appear out of the fog pulling stacks eastbound up the hill through Blue Cut.
After a long wait, this westbound empty coal train appeared after coming off the Missouri River bridge. Continuous rains have raised the water level here.
A BNSF crew spots empty hopper cars at the Envirotech/Hallett 8 dock in Superior as the vessel Algoma Sault departs after unloading a cargo of salt at the dock.
One of Three active H2 SD60Ms lead the 457 job through Lisle with a former BN SD40 in tow. Nice to find this racing an outbound Metra.
A CN crude ore train using two BNSF horsepower payback units pulls 118 cars south towards the Fairlane plant on a nice spring afternoon.
A BNSF All-Rail taconite train heads south on the CN Missabe Sub with a CN crew in charge heading for Keenan yard after loading at USS Minntac. Once at Keenan a BNSF crew will take over and head ... (more)
A westbound grain train is plodding up the steep grade from Pica to Yampai summit. After surmounting the grade in another mile, it will be downhill for over a hundred miles to Needles.
Southbound manifest passing one of many slide detectors.
A late morning southbound manifest has just entered the canyon. The old grade from the Deschutes Railroad Company can be seen on the east bank.
An ex-BN SD60M leads a southbound BNSF local through Joliet.
BNSF locomotives working on CN for horsepower payback handle an ore train at United Taconite while the plant's contract switcher moves a car.
On one of those exhilarating mornings with the cool air fresh with the scent of pines, the 4871 East is pouring on the power for the grade to Marias Pass. The train is stretched out across the Jav... (more)
If Bobby Troup had followed US 2 along the Great Northern instead of Route 66 beside the Santa Fe, he might have written an entirely different tune: You go through Minot, Essex and Sandpoint but d... (more)
ATSF 102 leads a piggyback train at Pinole, CA on March 7, 1997.
A BNSF All-Rail UALLKES0-01T cruises through Wilpen heading to Keenan yard where a CN crew will take it to load 130 cars at USS Minntac then return it back to Keenan where a BNSF crew will re-take... (more)
The BNSF eastbound daily HPVODEN1-15A makes its appearance just in time. Repeat attempts for this shot with the right light and aspen trees in prime over the years finally worked out this past Fal... (more)
A still bright warbonnet-painted Burlington Northern Santa Fe GE C44-9W No. 4719 leads a westbound freight that begins the climb of Mullan Pass leaving Helena at Tobin on June 5, 2002. The grade i... (more)
