A holiday-delayed loaded autorack train is seen here at the Waring Viaduct with a fresh CSX GE and a ratty CP GE trailing. This is a rarely done shot due to the steep embankment on either side of... (more)

The MoPac just seems to keep coming back! Here the 1982 is bringing in the Long Beach to Seattle stack train, which reaches Oakland by way of Sacramento. I lucked into them running 1x1, I always... (more)

A clean looking Fakebonnet leader passing the now-removed 379.7 searchlight.

CSX Executive Train P955 makes a rare appearance on the Old Main Line as they head west from Baltimore, MD to Point of Rocks, MD. This shot was taken from above the Union Dam Tunnel portal.

Your standard BNSF GE power leads crude oil empties on the secondary B&O routing as they make their long journey back towards the Bakken Oil Fields of North Dakota.

NS 052 with assorted 'High and Wide" products, most notably GE Export Locomotives for Indonesia, is seen here pulling through downtown Altoona. They are easing down to ROSE for a recrew before he... (more)

A massive Q-stacker heads East through Williams, AZ. This perspective was graciously provided to us with permission from the owner of Big Boy's Toys, which was just days from opening at the time.

The brackets at West Hump guard the movement of yet another drag of black diamonds on the endless coal conveyor belt of the B&O.

Two UP widebodies are spotting a grain hopper at a silo just east of Merrill, OR. Its wild to see this job tiptoe onto branches and leads with its two heavy six-axle motors.

35Q ducking under an iconic SOU signal bridge at Rio. For those who don't know, these signal bridges were constructed from frame sills salvaged from 40ft boxcars. Recycling at its most interesti... (more)

The high priority empty "Salad Shooter" Q091, is seen here flying through the West end of Jessup Yard, rerouted via Baltimore due to a massive derailment in Fonda, NY. Not only is the train itsel... (more)

BNSF's Alliance, TX to Oakland, CA Stack Train comes blasting through Berkeley on its short stint of UP trackage rights in the Bay Area. Second out is one of the many CP GE's that BNSF is leasing... (more)

The 3 car LIM70 Modoc Local passes by a service station on the Oregon/California State Line.

A beefy EMD duo drags the empty Derwood trash turn back east through downtown Gaithersburg.

The conditions seen here unfortunately were not representative of most of the day. I was hoping for some substantial accumulation but this day was just mostly on and off flurries. Regardless, he... (more)