A northbound manifest from Kansas City, KS begins to accelerate after cresting the grade at Palmer Lake as it passes through Greenland.

With the summit of the Palmer Divide only a couple of miles away, a heavy loaded ballast train from Cheyenne, WY to Pueblo, CO only has to battle gravity for a little longer as the sound of GE pri... (more)

An empty Union Pacific coal train heads north (railroad west) back to North Antelope Mine to get refilled with two UP motors working as DPU motors.

A Union Pacific loaded coal train slowly traverses over the undulating territory of the Powder River Basin between Bill and Douglas, WY.

CSS GP38-2 2009 leads a manifest East through Ogden Dunes.

Firebox still hot, NKP 765 rests the evening of 7/25/11 at the 18th Street yard in Logansport, IN during its return from Train Festival 2011 held in Rockford, IL, The train is heading to Ft. Wayn... (more)

On its return from Train Festival 2011 held in Rockford, IL, NKP 765 crosses the Wabash River at 18th Street in Logansport, IN at sunset on 07/25/11. The train is heading to the 18th Street Yard f... (more)

BNSF 8400 (SD70ACe) leads a coal train towards Hudson, Colorado as it runs west on the Brush Sub.

BNSF 7678 (ES44DC) leads a freight past the silos at Roggen, Colorado.

BNSF 4019 (Dash9) leads a warbonnet and a grain train through Keenesburg, Colorado.

CSX's "Honoring Our First Responders," and "New York Central" Heritage Unit pull mixed freight M422 by the Monongahela incline and the former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Station in ... (more)

More sticks of rail head west out of Glenwood into the setting sun. Just a couple hours before, a severe storm came through. Several tornado warnings would be issued further east.

A pair of EMDs have brought an intermodal train to Dupo, IL.

CN 3323, a fresh rebuild that also has straight air added for ore pool service, leads an empty limestone train back to Proctor after delivery to the U.S. Steel Minntac plant.

Having left Keenan yard and getting on the CN Iron Range sub its now off to switch loads for empties at Dyno Nobel on a nice morning.