On a cool October 8, 2018, a westbound BNSF manifest freight train works through Marias, Montana, after crossing the summit of Marias Pass on the railroad’s Hi Line Subdivision.

A white face dash 9 leads a westbound empty grain through Montgomery tunnel.

Squeezed in during the middle of Metra rush hour, R CHI8884 09S sprits down the “Zeyphr Track” behind a outbound Metra express as they pass the historic Hinsdale depot.

Slightly less rare in the last year. But definitely not something you see often. A Norfolk Southern leading a UP train out west. A GE C44-9W to make thing even better. NS 9639 pulls a eastbound e... (more)

A white face dash 9 leads a westbound empty grain through Shawsville, VA.

As few morning clouds break up and give way to the rising sun, Norfolk Southern eastbound sand train 60L breaks the quiet along the Ohio River as it roars through Wellsville, Ohio on the Cleveland... (more)

I don't recall the first Warbonnet I saw, but I'll never get tired of them and will miss them once they're gone. Something that doesn't happen often anymore, a system grainer from Montpelier, IN ... (more)

NS 9646 is seen here at Juniata Locomotive Shop awaiting either scrap or rebuild after being involved in the July 2022 Columbia, SC derailment

Curve Coal: NS 9770, a whiteface Dash 9, leads a loaded coal train down the slope toward Horseshoe Curve, as the train is soon to be greeted by loads of railfans all wanting to hear the train gri... (more)

At dusk, this grain train continues it's journey east on the Appleton Sub just outside Summit.

CP 646 heads through Pioneer Trail with an odd leader, a BNSF H1 dash 9, not something too common on this line. Light was rapidly fading by this point, with the train waiting in the hole for 2 wes... (more)

About an hour or so after sunrise, stacks & racks from Tacoma, WA, fly through Mazon awaking the town. Todays train features a handful of GE products, the lead motor being in the H1 scheme.

Golfers enjoying their morning round are distracted by the BNSF grain train.

A pair of BNSF GE Locomotives lead Norfolk Southern Train 378 eastbound through control point King, milepost P391 in Sylacauga, AL.

A pair of BNSF GE Locomotives lead Norfolk Southern Train 378 eastbound as they sweep around the curve at Calcis, AL.