The CN Missabe Sub crosses the Cloquet River near MP 26. This 440-foot-long and roughly 40-foot-high bridge is one of the few big bridges in the Iron Range area. Here a limestone train heads north... (more)

CN power is used to being on the left track (CN Waterloo Sub), but starting in 2025 the first time the CN power has been on the right side (IANR Manly Sub). CN ran 3 ACs through to the IANR to pul... (more)

A Weaver, IA, to Sterling, CO, unit train of nitrogen slowly rolls west on the McCook Sub. The 110-car train makes lots of noise as it cuts through Exeter. The 2nd unit isn't helping out at all, s... (more)

While the Chicago to Denver Z-train probably isn't the hottest Z-train on the BNSF system, it tends to keep a sizeable amount of traffic westbound. Today this Z-train hasn't seen many green lights... (more)

A 158-car Lincoln to Denver freight (HDENLIN) creeps to the west end of Friend as the ZDENCHC heads in at sunset. Friend is located at MP 97.4 on the BNSF McCook Sub. This is the only daily freigh... (more)

A 158-car Lincoln to Denver freight (HDENLIN) creeps to the west end of Friend as the ZDENCHC heads in at sunset. Friend is located at MP 97.4 on the BNSF McCook Sub. This is the only daily freigh... (more)

The Denver to Chicago Z-train has the switch at East Friend reversed as the Lincoln to Denver freight continues west on the McCook Sub. The short Z will continue onward now for the last 37-mile tr... (more)

A Martin Lake, TX, coal train kicks up dust as they pass the elevator at Tamora. We were lucky enough to be around when the elevator fired up these 2 old girls and went to load 2 cars. Tamora is l... (more)

The local on the Ravenna Sub is heading back east at Tamora. I am not sure where or what this job does, but the trio of jeeps was pretty cool. The job passes the elevator power at Tamora. The elev... (more)

The local on the Ravenna Sub is heading back east towards Lincoln just east of Waco near sunrise. I am not sure where and what this job does/goes, but the trio of geeps was pretty cool.

The Siemens "Vectron XLoad" 193 # 548 "Holstentor" of SBB Cargo International, rented from SüdLeasing, pulls the 1985 gross ton and 669 meter long southbound intermodal train ... (more)

The Beatrice local pokes along at 10 mph back south towards Beatrice. The job works down the 31-mile branch with decent-sized customers towards the end of the line. Today's train is a hefty 41 car... (more)

The Beatrice local pokes along at 10 mph south towards Beatrice. The job works down the 31-mile branch with decent-sized customers towards the end of the line. The train has a hefty 41 cars today.... (more)

I read the Granite City ore trains might date back as far as the 70s. The plant was finally idled in 2023 after a few years of up-and-down cycles with the steel industry. Mike Cleary mentioned the... (more)

Coming south out of Lizard Head. Weaving her way south on the Dolores River, Rio Grande Southern 10-wheeler #20 takes a freight south from Lizard Head Pass down to Rico.

This wintertime... (more)