Two SD60's kick out plenty of exhaust as they roar through Belgrade, accelerating back up to track speed after meeting a train at Murray.

A southbound Tri Rail train hurries through Boynton Beach toward Miami on a sunny morning. The next few days would bring lots of rain, so no more pictures of trains, but at least I got a little b... (more)

Another case of "if only that GE weren't leading." SD60M SOO 6060 and two more EMD's trail an AC4400 on the 497 as it gets underway out of Glenwood.

Breckenridge, MN and Wahpeton, ND can be seen in the distance as RRVW's Hankinson turn heads south on the BNSF. To call this portion of Minnesota flat is an understatement.

What better place to see a train of wind turbine blades than the curves along the Marshall Sub between Ruthton and Holland, MN? A single Dash 9 in H3 paint is doing the honors on the point while ... (more)

Having spent nearly 15 hours along the tracks on the second longest day of the year, this eastbound Z train provides a perfect ending to a marathon day of railfanning.

The operator of the elevator at Oswald was kind enough to let us climb to the top for this view of train 199 as it heads west out of the town of Fairmount in extreme southeast North Dakota. Shado... (more)

Some of the first light of a chilly January day finds the front of a late running eastbound Empire Builder as it climbs out of the Red River valley on the former Northern Pacific mainline in weste... (more)

An appropriate ending to National Train Day 2012: an eastbound unit oil train blasts out of a perfect sunset at Sedan, MN.

Three trains are visible in this telephoto view looking toward Reno Jct from the north. Two loaded UP trains are headed south as a northbound UP empty train approaches on main 2.

Three Candy Apple red Soo Line units lead train 491 across the steel trestle east of Paynesville, with an SD60M leading the way.

CP 1403 catches some evening sun as it idles in the yard at Glenwood. Click here to see an aerial view of this same locomotive ta... (more)

The snow is done falling and the sun has come out, so with a couple of westbounds showing on ATCS, I trudged out of the office and headed for home via the tracks. I had no clue what was coming, a... (more)

A big SD9043MAC leads train 497 through Brooten. Confined to Canada because of emissions standards, this is perhaps only the second time in many years that one of these large EMDs has led a CP tr... (more)

A single SD40-2 leads an empty frac sand train east through Belgrade at sunset on a beautiful summer evening.