Meet in Black Canyon: As we stood under the nearly-full moon on the bluff overhead the CP (background) and CN (foreground) mainlines through British Columbia, radio transmissions made it readil... (more)

Three 20-cylinder units shove hard on this ballast train on Mullan Pass, which had 2 45's on the point.

With the advent of eco-friendly engines, the capability of DPU'ed trains through the tunnel, and the current project to make the tunnel shorter, Mullan Tunnel explosions, such as this, are becomin... (more)

St. Marys River Railroad's version of the Plummer Turn heads across the Lake Benwah bridge on the former Milwaukee Pacific Coast Extension mainline....

Two CP units lead the second Easport - Hinkle manifest trains gingerly across the massive Joso bridge spanning the Snake River.

Rarus Railway switches around Butte, with a former Montana Western unit in the middle.

My goal train was the Weyerhaeuser train, but this UP train came along and had other ideas.

The "Lewis & Clark Explorer" RDC trio sit way back on the Morse Brothers property awaiting their fate. These are all ex BC Rail cars of the same numbers.

Heber Valley's nocturnal freight train was captured heading towards Springville as it crossed over the Provo River just after departure from Heber City.... Those familiar with the Heber Valley ... (more)

Engineer Welch has two former SP "GRIP" SD45's bracketing a former SSW SD40T-2 on a 47-car westbound empty "Scoot" train heading towards Coulee City. It was nice to hear a blue 20-645E3 in Run 8 ... (more)

Look closely, you can see the UP 1983 hiding near the rear.

Moments after I got this shot, the air dumped and the train blocked the northern 3/4 of Front Street for about 30 minutes while the conductor walked the train and I played taxi service.

heading north out of the Albany OE Yard the cowl jumps from cloud bank to cloud bank. This is the former BNSF 6976, which was paired with NS 3329 for the big Maeresk Sea Land celebration a few ye... (more)

The inside of an actual IN SERVICE caboose! Not a shoving platform, but a REAL bay window caboose! Yes, the stove works (on the right), and EXTREMELY WELL I might add!