Warbonnet Leader at Plainview in 2021

Eastbound HPVODEN1 was especially short today and with a most unusual visitor, first time in many years I’ve had the rare privilege to... (more)

The locomotive line has increased since last time I was at Donkey Creek Yard in Rozet, Wyoming a couple years ago. Located on the north end of the Powder River Basin, hundreds of locomotives are b... (more)

Wind and Winter

Eastbound and into the turn at Crescent the HPVODEN1 is leaning into the high winds and sub zero windchill which is blowing the camera man off the rock overlook... (more)

Eastbound Waterloo to Chicago grain grinds up grade passing through the small town of Scales Mound. The train has struggled upgrade the 8 miles from Galena There are all the elements of a small... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Dash 9-44CW 1006 leads its train as it exits Tunnel 10 and threads its way around the many curves at Marcel, just uphill (railroad east) from the Tehachapi Loop, on Ju... (more)

Winter Skies over the Great Divide

Winter weather is moving in on the Great Divide between milepost 50 and 45 on the Moffat Road.

A pair of BNSF GE's lead a westbound manifest up the 2.2% grade at Austin,MT gaining elevation on the climb across Mullan Pass on a perfect September morning. A quartet of Montana Rail Link helper... (more)

The daily Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest train climbs the newly build Truxton Flyover track as it 'naturally' crosses over from track two to track one. Laughing Jack Point and the Music Mou... (more)

Having clawed at the grade for much of its journey since leaving Needles, reaching a top speed of 15 mph and an average of more like 10 mph, the BNSF 7431's crew buckles up as the heavy Galesburg,... (more)

An Eastbound manifest rounds the curve at Browning with a snow covered background, headed towards Havre with a large assortment of power.

BNSF 8163 waiting for the green light at sunset in Clovis, NM.

A hotshot intermodal is seen passing over the 544-foot long bridge across Canyon Diablo, East of Flagstaff, Arizona. The access road to get here is not for the faint of heart, but the reward is wo... (more)

An eastbound BNSF manifest train breaks the silence and solitude of Lombard Canyon Montana on MRL's 2nd Subdivision.

After arriving in Winslow for a stay at La Posada, it seemed like the only logical move would be to go to "The Bridge." As we pulled in the light was just about done but a hotshot Eastbo... (more)

A post-merger power consist still predominantly flying the Santa Fe flag brings a westbound across the Kansas City Terminal/UP (former MP) diamond at Sheffield interlocking in days before a flyove... (more)