Rusting away...

109 loads of wheat from Hamberg, N. Dakota to Tacoma, WA soars over the Goat Lick Trestle on a gloomy Fall morning on Marias Pass. The Tamaracks (or Western Larch) are at peak and make for an in... (more)

She's back! After four years of being dormant in the shops in Mineapolis receiving a complete overhaul, Milwaukee 261 attacks the mainline for the first time, leading a five car test train ... (more)

The Northbound racks 'n stacks rolls up Jack London Square, with a fairly new GEVO leading.

Double Ouch! UP1448 sports "OUCH" numberboards as it rolls West into the banked curve at Fremont leading the 54 Local.

Engineer Ed Long takes the SDNX 2102 and 6 cars out of the San Diego Depot, and quickly up to trackspeed, bound for Oceanside. Much thanks to Jared Forcier for being an awesome tour guide!

After a robot job shoved the train onto the units, UP 1983 and GE partner idle away with tonights Oakland to Stockton train, with the San Francisco Bay Bridge looming in the background amongst the... (more)

A detouring IG2OA crests the 1 percent of Altamont Pass, and starts its slow decent towards the East Bay, and eventually Oakland. I began my chase here of Miss Katy, and ended it just six miles do... (more)

It's about 8:15AM, and UP 844 is all hot and steamy in the Oakland Yard getting ready to head to Stockton, via Altamont Pass.

Protected. While the conductor chats it up with an A&S police officer, UP 9899 smokes it up while dragging a cut out of the Gateway Yard. Once the switch is thrown, Job 102 will grab NS 375... (more)

Struggling up the 1.9% grade, two Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's have 6700 tons of manifest on the drawbars. Even with the assistance of MRL's Livingston-based Helper #1, the "LM" will craw... (more)

Streamlined. Union Pacific's E9's lead a 7 car deadhead special back to the Bluffs, and are following a loaded coal train into KC, ducking under the signal bridge at milepost 10.2.

Two Indiana Railroad SD9043's lead a long #284 through Bangor and pass the local watering hole.

With the truss bridge over the Truckee River standing tall, UP 844 battles up the 1.6 percent grade through the Truckee River Canyon, at a location known as Iceland.

While the firefighters run into Starbucks for coffee, their firetruck stands proud next to the 7,500 foot autotrain rolling down Jack London Square.