A massive set of 8 SD70ACe helpers came into town and tied up for the evening in Helena. Unfortunately, the crew told me no westbounds were due until after 11:00 p.m. I was hoping to find a west... (more)
Classic child watching train pose: my oldest son waves to the 299 as it blasts through Brooten on a perfect summer evening.
You're sitting on a hillside, enjoying the warm sunshine and a nice summer breeze when a faint rumble to the west catches your attention. After a few moments, a coal train comes into view and soa... (more)
In a scene that hearkens back to an earlier era on the Soo, two trains meet at the west end of a busy Glenwood Yard on a cold, rainy day. The 6033 is on the point of the 493 as the 4400 lugs the ... (more)
Two SD40-2s head up the mountain out of Essex with a work train, seen crossing Sheep Creek Trestle.
The early morning sun catches a Warbonnet SD75I as it leads a Z train through the curves on the west side of Frazee.
Amtrak 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, is slowing for its station stop in Staples, Minnesota several hours off the advertised. The dispatcher informed them that they would be waiting for some we... (more)
A brand new Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) crosses 44th Street on the southeast side of Phoenix on just the third day of operation on the line. Every train was packed with people taking advantage of fr... (more)
A westbound crosses the stream that connects Rice Lake (in the background) with Mud Lake, a few miles east of Paynesville.
Nearly three hours of waiting at Maine netted me this one westbound, but at least it had some nice ex-ATSF four motor power on the point. If only it were 15 years earlier and they were leading th... (more)
The fog that greeted us when we arrived is gone, but Lake Ashtabula is smooth as glass as an eastbound charges across the bridge.
Seen from the Division Street overpass in Waite Park, two recently re-activated SD60M's pull away from the Martin Marietta Aggregates quarry with a train of crushed granite.
A westbound with two leasers leading nears Glenwood and the end of its run across CP's Paynesville Sub.
Today's 296 crosses the steel bridge east of Hoffman with a GP9 trailing an AC4400 for power.
A pacing shot of one of CP's new GEVOs leading westbound train 499 between Brooten and Sedan.
