A westbound BNSF unit tank train of ethanol snakes through the curves of Bealville while traversing California’s scenic Tehachapi Pass on March 2, 2016. Four road units up front are approaching ... (more)

Empty sand train eastbound

UP's San Antonio-Houston manifest slows down as it enters Rosenberg.

New loco, new sound, retro F45 style windshields, an SD70ACe-T4 rockets a unit coke train east south of Fairchild, WI. It was a 20 mile chase to catch my first photo of one of these units, and wit... (more)

UP 7631 leads a six unit consist through Brule, NE on its westbound trek from North Platte to Cheyenne, WY. This was the first more than a dozen trains spotted along highway 30 between Big Springs... (more)

Westbound, empty Southern Pacific coal train at (drum roll) Ludlow, Colorado, on the old Colorado and Southern main line. No, it’s not a detour. It is running on trackage rights granted to SP at... (more)

UP's westbound VP special has been cruising along since leaving Clinton, but in 4 miles that good speed would come to an end. UP seemed to be in meltdown mode on their east-west main thru Iowa to... (more)

UP's westbound VP special has been cruising along since leaving Clinton, but in 4 miles that good speed would come to an end. UP seemed to be in meltdown mode on their east-west main thru Iowa to... (more)

I seen the CP had a westbound lined out of Milwaukee, so I was stoked to do something along the Pewaukee Lake. That excitement ended quickly when 471 called out CSXT power for the restrictions. Re... (more)

One of the few BNSF AC44’s lead a Westbound Z through small town Illinois.

After an evening of no activity I decided to try one more spot before calling it quits, the siding near Seymour. There I found an eastbound coal train waiting on a westbound. I arrived just in tim... (more)

With the sun still below the horizon, a southbound hotshot intermodal cuts its way through the thick fog draped over upstate South Carolina as it makes its way toward Atlanta, crossing over the S... (more)

287 slows to a stop at Draw to wait for some CSX traffic to clear.

Thank You for Being There - An eastbound stack train climbs the Cajon Pass on Main #2 at WBCS Silverwood where a thank you sign has been erected.

L518's engineer sticks it in the corner as his tailend has just cleared the East Edmonton siding. Man, did this pair of SD40-2Ws sound great gathering speed in Notch 8 with 95 grain empties on the... (more)