One of the impressive locations along Conrail's ascent of the Alleghenies is MG Interlocking at MP243.4. Westbounds struggling up the mountain could be heard way down in the valley, their sound fa... (more)

The occasion of an empty flat car affords a view of a westbound manifest climbing the grade at the scenic location of Austin, MT, several miles west of Helena. Behind the five unit helper set of S... (more)

Just another amongst the endless parade of traffic that passed through Fremont, NE before traffic volumes essentially bit the dust in late 2008; former CNW SD-60 No. 8011 in its new UP paint is ab... (more)

Rich in refrigerated traffic and other business out of the PNW, ATSF 840 East shoots down the Missouri River valley between Townsend and Toston, MT on a September afternoon. Fuji Astia.

CNW 8633 is leading a double stack outfit through Missouri Valley, IA on a winter afternoon. This area had been single track east to Dennison, IA for many years and pressure with coal and other bu... (more)

A grain train has come down off the Sioux City Sub and is waiting to let a coalie by before entering the mainline to Lincoln. The early BNSF heritage schemes were relatively decent; devolving into... (more)

Coal trains ran with a frequency seeming at times like commuter trains as they queued up one behind another for addition of helpers and then they were off into the grade of Crawford hill. On a gor... (more)

In the old days ... of DC traction on coal trains and of double track west of Gibbon. The triple-tracking project is underway but has not as yet touched the area around Lexington. In fact, CTC was... (more)

It's sundown on an April eve as yet another headlight appears on the horizon and Santa Fe 658 East approaches across the long valley east of Kingman. As impressive and iconic a corporate design a... (more)

A pair of snappers are coupled ahead of the road power on symbol LMPI as the manifest negotiates Allegrippus curve on the side of the mountain between MG and Bennington. LMPI was a Linden/Metuchen... (more)

Due to their dual cab signal equipment that allowed certain units to lead in UP cab signal territory, CNW power was frequently seen on the point of UP trains. Such is the case with Portland to Can... (more)

UPs trio of E-9s - the 951, 963B and 949, along with CNW SD40-2 6815, glide down the homestretch into North Platte with and extra section of the Council Bluffs to North Platte Z train on a March a... (more)

The comparatively minor C&NW merger with its resulting disruptions should have been an ominous warning. Then came the SP merger and things went into a tailspin for a long time. A Saturday originat... (more)

Prior to UPs massive order of SD70M and SD70M-2s the locomotive fleet to a large extent subsisted upon weary Southern Pacific locomotives. Ex-SP SD40T-2 No. 8243 has been given a UP treatment as i... (more)

NS 9375 brings an eastbound TV train under the much photographed signal bridge at Tipton, PA on an exquisite autumn day.