An empty coal train is waiting for a BNSF crew to come get it and start the trip back to Wyoming. The train is parked at the ISU Generating Station loop outside of Chillicothe, IA, in southern Iow... (more)

A 2x3 DP'd Martin Lake, TX, bound coal train rolls off Rich Mountain as they approach Mena on the Shreveport Sub. The Rich Mountain area on the KCS Shreveport Sub is a well known location. The KCS... (more)

A 2x3 DP'd Martin Lake, TX, bound coal train rolls off Rich Mountain as they approach Mena on the Shreveport Sub. The Rich Mountain area on the KCS Shreveport Sub is a well known location. The KCS... (more)

The Rich Mountain area on the KCS Shreveport Sub is a well known location. The KCS goes up around the Quachita Mountains near the Oklahoma/Arkansas Stateline. Here trains go from 500 feet to the s... (more)

A Memphis to LA Z-train works west on the BNSF Cherokee Sub east of Neosho. The train is playing tag with Shoal Creek as the railroad crosses it many times west of Berwick. A permanent speed restr... (more)

Both these trains are doing the slow rolling meet here at Hanson due to crossings within the siding. There is a northbound empty oil train meeting a southbound freight here at Hanson about 50 mile... (more)

An eastbound Denver to KC auto train highballs east of Hastings. The train is working east from McCook, NE, to the next crew change point at Lincoln, NE. The train has just pulled out of the sidin... (more)

An eastbound Denver to KC auto train rolls thru Minden. The train is working east from McCook, NE, to the next crew change point at Lincoln, NE. The train passes 1 of the many ex-Q depots along th... (more)

An eastbound Denver to KC auto train highballs thru Holdrege. The train is working east from McCook, NE, to the next crew change point at Lincoln, NE. The train passes the restore depot and caboos... (more)

I surprised how busy the UP coal mainline to the PRB was in the 2 hours we were around it. 5-6 empties chased each other west out of North Platte towards South Morrill. As we worked east the scene... (more)

While alot of Nebraska is flat and boring, in these towns there seems to be something to always look at. Here along the UP Kearney Sub at Willow Island, a small abandoned elevator watches as this ... (more)

While alot of Nebraska is flat and boring, in these towns there seems to be something to always look at. Here along the UP Kearney Sub at Lexington, there is plenty to see as this westbound freigh... (more)

While UP triple track in Nebraska isn't what it used to be thanks to PSR, the mainline can still see some hot pocket of activity. Here we have the Lexington local going to the depot to call it a d... (more)

As the Big Boy clicked off the last few miles to the layover Fairbury, the light got to be pretty tough for an eastbound on the Marysville Sub. The train rolls along Alexandria Lake as the crowd p... (more)

While most were fascinated by the Big Boy's appearance, I was intrigued by this old ex-CNW snowplow parked on the side track at Fairbury. This plow doesn't look like its been moved much lately but... (more)