CP 281 departs Bensenville Yard, headed east towards A-5 and a trip to St. Paul. A pair of the ever attractive Indiana Railroad SD9043MAC's have the honors on this perfect morning.
Union Pacific's North Platte to West Colton manifest looks like a coal train due to the SD9043MAC leader and the front end cars. The train is running on BNSF trackage through the classic Santa Fe ... (more)
UP 3479 leads 3 other EMD's on a long general freight as it arrives at West Colton, seen from the famous Pepper Ave overpass.
A SD90 leads a North Platte, NE to West Colton, CA manifest down Cajon as it passes Mormon Rocks.
Union Pacific 3505 and two NS units pull a manifest through the huge curve and into Bertram, Iowa.
Union Pacific 3505 and two NS motors pull a manifest past the "Land O'Lakes" elevator in Clarence, Iowa.
UP 8196 leads a short West Colton to Dallas manifest through Redlands as it enters San Timoteo Canyon.
The MALMCS is a relatively new train that has started running between Altoona, WI and Mason City, IA to handle hydraulic fracturing sand from northwestern Wisconsin in less than unit train quantit... (more)
Re numbered SD9043mac 3539 leads a southbound unit cement train under Hwy 58 at Woodford as it climbs Tehachapi Pass.
UP 3539 grinds through Cable as it climbs the last miles of the Tehachapi grade towards Summit.
Dropping downgrade into Mojave, the RSTMJC leaves the Tehachapi Mountains behind.
K684 features one of the best lash-ups all summer to hit the Chicago line as they slice through the morning sun on their trip east towards Selkirk.
Union Pacific 8262 leads a westbound grain train through the Columbia River Gorge at Milepost 99.0. This was taken during the 2012 Annual Gorgerail slidesho... (more)
AEGAS 28 makes its way northward at the first light of day surrounded by the recent snowfall in the Saint Louis area.
4 UP motors head up westbound 35E past some decent fall foliage near Otis on the NS Chicago Line.