A lengthy westbound manifest passes the large grain elevators in downtown Schuyler, NE bathed in the beautiful evening light of a late December day. It was a nice way for me to end another year of... (more)

A westbound double stack train races along the UP's double track mainline across Nebraska a few miles east of Grand Island.

Kansas City Sothern #4709 (ES44AC) leads a grain train towards Larkspur, Colorado as it runs south on the Joint Line.

Bridging the Day: Just before sunset, NS 8098, the fresh Conrail heritage unit, leads empty coal train NS 873 eastbound over the OC Bridge on the outskirts of Pittsburgh.

A lone GE powers a short stack train.

BNSF 5946 & 9604 with an eastbound coal train destined for Chiles Kentucky.

BNSF 6005 & 9469 shove on the rear of an eastbound loaded coal train destined for Marston Missouri.

UP 2549 powers westbound empty well cars.

A beautiful Fall day finds us watching a Selkirk, New York bound mixed freight passing by the historic Atlantic Coast Line depot. This train will have no opposition between here and Jesup due to ... (more)

UP 5298 leads an eastbound mixed freight. Freezing fog has covered the vegetation in ice crystals.

Another quarter mile and this crew will come to a stop ending their trip from CN's Pokegama yard to Ranier, MN. As soon as they get off the train, a Canadian crew will jump on board and cross the... (more)

Nearly the entire grain train can be seen snaking through the S curves at Spruce, Colorado as KCS 4709 (ES44AC) runs south on the Joint Line.

Crude oil loads from Kinder Morgan in Edmonton (North Strathcona) are tied down in track #5 at Jasper waiting for a crew.

205 loaded cars of potash from Cutarm, SK thunder past a recent derailment site at the west end of Swan Landing.

Grain empties gather speed tipping over the top of the hill at Redpass.