Christmas City Express pauses by the nicely lit trees adjacent to Bentleyville.

Shave and a haircut! As soon as they saw Mel, both crew members jumped up and waved! Ive found crews are more friendly when you bring your girlfriend along.

The Monday after Super Bowl Sunday finds an odd sight along the tracks. With no crossings anywhere near here, a car managed to find its way onto the tracks from the parking lot above after being s... (more)

The Ice Kingdom. With ice covering everything, a beautiful sight was 4 NSM SD40's chugging towards Silver Bay with a cold shortened train. Truly was sight to behold.

I think all of us at some point ask ourselves if what we are doing is worth it. In my case, driving for hours in awful road conditions for a long hood forward geep? After Montana was slammed with ... (more)

The newest coal mine in the US, built in 2009 is now loading upwards of 53,000 tons of coal a day for export. After the crash of 2015 and demand for coal softening, the future of this new mine was... (more)

A unique part of the coal train shuffle in Montana is the wye at Moran Junction. Trains coming off the top line, Forsyth Subdivision (ex NP) normally continue straight onto the MRL. Likewise down ... (more)

Winston Hill is a great spot to watch storms form over the mountains and move about. A perfectly sunny day gave way to thick clouds later in the afternoon. As much as I wanted sun, I think this tu... (more)

Probably the coldest Ive ever been in May. The Soo Line pulls the largest freight car in North America, the Schnabel< out of Port Terminal and on towards Stinson Yard. It was snowing! Notice the B... (more)

Climbing out of Laurel, northbound trains on the Laurel Sub zig zag through areas once sparse and unpopulated, now one of the most popular and expensive real estate markets in the area. One of the... (more)

One of 3 of Kennecots unique GP39-2's that would stay at the plant site after railroad operations were sold off in 2002, I was dumbfounded to find it operating in 2019! Equipped with its recogniza... (more)

Heavy load! A Baby Schnabel bears the tremendous weight of this transformer as the CP lugs it south to the Twin Cities.

Portrait of a railroader. Hand on the whistle with boots on the heater, rails always ahead.

A long train of high wide loads crosses the frozen Nemadji River as it heads south for the cities and points west.

I bet you've never seen a consist like this! This wasn't some posed, staged, fake shot either! The SD70ACe was visiting for National Train Day and the FP7 #2500 was departing for Spencer, NC for ... (more)