UP 5846 leads a manifest freight west from North Platte splitting signals 3266/1 & 3266/2 near Roscoe, NE.

The morning gas train returning from east Thompson Falls to Missoula via the 10th sub rolls along the Flathead River between Perma and Dixon, MT.

BNSF 8209 leads a coal train west across the Clark Fork near Noxon, MT on Montana Rail Link. The train is headed for export at Roberts Bank, BC.

CN 5723 tops the climb out of the Lake Superior basin near Beebe, WI, just north of Solon Springs. The train is southbound with loaded containers and will have a pretty good roll on it by the time... (more)

CN 8336 leads an empty sand train north through Atwood siding (between Spencer and Owen, WI) on its way to a sand mine loadout at Poskin, WI, just west of Barron.

A pair of CP GP20C-ECOs and a GP38 handle a transfer run out of Pigs Eye Yard along Dayton's Bluff at St. Paul, MN on a nearly snowless December day.

A Progressive Rail crew handles switching chores at Cannon Falls, MN at the end of a former Chicago Great Western branch line that connects with Union Pacific at Northfield, MN. A rather interesti... (more)

MRL 4406 leads the eastbound morning gas train towards Missoula strolling along the Flathead River east of Paradise, MT. The train diverted off the mainline and is using the original NP route thro... (more)

BNSF 8358 leads a loaded grain shuttle west along the shore of Lake Pend Oreille on the west end of Montana Rail Link. The train will enter BNSF rails at Sandpoint for the last lap into Hauser, ID... (more)

A pair of F7s and a GP35 await their next assignment at Savanna, IL on a snowless January morning in 1976. As with many former Milwaukee Road locations, a visit to Savanna would leave one thinking... (more)

The eastbound Canadian makes its station stop at Lake Louise, a popular tourist location in Banff Park. A cyclist stops for a friendly chat with the engineer while the passenger crew takes care of... (more)

A rebuilt Alaska Railroad GP7, featuring a spartan cab and ARR trucks was caught outside the BN roundhouse at Interbay in Seattle, WA. The unit spent some time in the BN shops here.

IC 6260 prepares to depart Proctor for the iron range with an empty ore train while a still steaming loaded pellet train has recently arrived.

CN 3096 leads a stack train south at Atwood, WI on the morning of August 6th. Catching a train here this day was difficult due to a couple of triple meets at this location.

CN 2454 leads a light engine move south through Atwood, WI on a morning move that would result in this power being positioned for an afternoon northbound empty sand train to Poskin, WI. A northbou... (more)