Roamin' on the Range. PRB coal heads south behind UP power under a classic western sky.

A westbound BNSF coal empty rumbles through Dutch, Wyoming, as rain moves east over the Big Horn Subdivision on June 14, 2014. In a mile or so, the train will head up the Dutch Sub. for loading.

The daily Kirk Yard, IN, to Waterloo, IA, manifest train is about 30 miles from the destination at Waterloo. Here the train twist thru the Winthrop curves and past fields of corn ready to be picke... (more)

A priority intermodal train from Chicago casts some long shadows as it heads west along the North Dakota prairie.

Eastbound intermodal passes a farm in Illinois.

Empty oil cans hustle across the North Dakota prairie with two Canucks leading the charge.

Fleeing from the storm - SD70MAC #9689, together with ES44DC #7864 and CSX leasing unit ES44DC #5221 are hauling a heavy crude oil train up the Bozemann Pass. In between the train an additional th... (more)

Three EMD SD70MACs lead an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train through scenic Wendover Canyon along the North Platte River near Wendover, Wyoming, on July 6, 1996.

With late season thunderstorms rumbling over the Bookcliffs in the background, Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” local approaches Mounds, Utah, late on the afternoon of November 21, 2003. R... (more)

Southbound Belle Turn heads under I90 just south of Sturgis on its way to Rapid City.

A massive late spring storm covering several states temporarily gives a break to a few rays of sunshine as a westbound export coal train glides along the banks of Missouri River. This storm will b... (more)

With hopes dashed of getting the Pennsy heritage unit leading out of Aberdeen, I decided to still look for great spots along the Appleton Sub on my way back to Morris.

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train travels by the east end of Eisele (formerly Clay) siding, Colorado, passing a partially hidden relic from the past. Former D&RGW tank car No. X2906, a former ... (more)

A pair of EMD SD70Ms pulls an eastbound Herzog ballast train east of Cedar Point, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Limon Subdivision, also known as the “KP” for its Kansas Pacific heritage. The ... (more)

After delivering two covered hoppers and retrieving one from the grain elevator at Harrison, Montana, the branch line’s only customer, Montana Rail Links’s 844 local heads back to Sappington d... (more)