Bensenville Yard from about 6000'...and I still can't fit it all in the frame! O'Hare airport is just out of the picture to the right.

The last train left Rhyolite, Nevada in 1914. Ninety-seven years later, the remains of a wood caboose sit across from the former train station in this ghost town. The city only lasted about fiftee... (more)

The orange logo lives on, although most passers-by likely do not know what it represents. Between the Clark Fork River and the University of Montana, this is the former Milwaukee Road mainline in ... (more)

An overview of this small in-town yard, as a mid-train helper rolls through with a stack train.

I believe this is the NS 51st Street yard, formerly Erie, just west of I-94. The view is looking south from about five thousand feet. The Amtrak collision of November 30 occurred near here.

This Trackmobile had its horn blatting, as the gates were a little slow in coming down.

Mom! Don't leave me! The yard crew has just dropped off GP15 UPY 653, and is now heading back into South St. Paul yard.

It's the 2018 Big Lick Train Tug! As part of a fundraiser, teams get a shot at seeing how far they can "pull" the 611 in twenty seconds. Incidentally, "Big Lick" is the origina... (more)

A Sperry inspection car rests in a corner of the Missoula Yard, under the big "L."

One of the crew on the point of this train gave me a big wave with his flag as they rolled backwards through the crossing. Not twenty seconds later, the air dumped and the train came to a stop rig... (more)

Eight locomotives, including a partially-patched SP GP40, idle near the South St Paul yard office while someone enjoys a free meal.

Off the beaten path, this caboose rests near the TP&W line in downtown Chatsworth. One of the worst rail accidents in the US occurred just east of here in 1887.

CP 7309 and 5103 roll south with a short train of tank cars, while a set of BNSF locomotives idle behind the bushes on a spur, ready to jump out and surprise passing trains.

"Hey! Over here! Don't miss me!" yells a friendly crew member, eliciting a smile from the photographers watching the eastbound California Zephyr pull out of Truckee.

There is a warbonnet in this eastbound consist, heading out of Missoula.