CN C40-8 2100 idles on the shop track in Jasper.

CCGX SD38-2M 5206 awaits a spin on the wye at Jasper before being delivered to the West Fraser pulp mill in Hinton.

A eastbound intermodal train makes its way through Blue Cut in Cajon Pass

Chesapeake & Ohio 1309 is an H-6 "Mallet" with a wheel configuration of 2-6-6-2. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1949 to haul coal from the fields in West Virginia. It only served ... (more)

Amid a near-constant stream of S-, Q- and Z-symbolled intermodal trains, it was a welcome relief to find a unit train of loaded ethanol tank cars snaking through a colorful Santa Ana Canyon. BNSF... (more)

What a beautiful place for a railroad. GCRC 7488 make it's way through the Canadian Rockies. (Tom Ellis photo)

Amtrak engine #163 (P42DC) leads the Winter Park Express Ski Train through Coal Creek Canyon as it climbs the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

UP 7045 (C44ACM) runs through a snowy Coal Creek Canyon as it heads to Denver on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Sierra Railroad Genset No. 2266 rolls Covered Hoppers through the Agricultural area of the Heritage Valley for storage in the Santa Paula Area.

With a light dusting of snow on the ground in Union Valley, Pennsylvania, a pair of GE's wait for a new crew to board loaded coal train N21 and head for Shire Oaks. The train was loaded overnight ... (more)

Slowly reentering civilization, the Logan Local claws up the 2.2% grade as it crosses over the first of two ancient wooden trestles on the last part of the trip to Harrison. Note the "repairs... (more)

In a few moments this Z train will run on the summit.

The first week of the new year treats Asheville railfans to a re-built UP AC6 leading this 136 across the French Broad river in Asheville just after sunrise on this cold Winter morning.

A rare leader for the S line, NS #7258 leads the 5 day a week road freight into Asheville from Knoxville, TN on this beautiful Winter morning in the mountains of western North Carolina.

NS #8073 leads westbound P87 loaded to the brim with wood chips from Bristol industries at Bridgewater bound for the Evergreen papermill at Canton, NC.