A very heavy Canadian Pacific manifest/stack train charges up the 2.2% Kicking Horse Pass. The train has just exited the Lower Spiral Tunnel. The CP mainline is passing thru YOHO National Park. I... (more)

At walking speed, a BNSF coal load heads north up Parkman Hill. The sun has just cleared a storm cloud before it slips under the horizon...Most trains once got help from a manned pusher out of She... (more)

The CN2962 has brought the first 50 car cut of a 150 car coal train down the 3% grade of the Luscar Industrial Spur, and is now pulling hard on a 1%+ grade thru a tight horseshoe curve into Cadomi... (more)

A manifest snakes along the banks of the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon. In July 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition camped near this location...The camp ground at the lower right is popular s... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train marches across Greenhorn trestle in Run-8. Four MRL SD70ACEs are cut into the train 2/3 back, while a lone DPU pusher shoulders into the rear.... I liked the "he... (more)

A westbound Auto train moves new Boeing 737s over Mullan Pass. The airplanes are destined for Washington State, where they will get final assembly....

Montana Rail Link's LM (Laurel-Missoula) manifest makes its way west over Skyline Trestle. The train this day rate 6 big SD70ACE locomotives. The 4 swing helpers can be seen crossing the west s... (more)

Spring 2016 was a great time to visit Tehachapi. The hills and wild-flowers were exceptional. Also the bonus of plentiful new and clean power on both UP and BNSF added to the show.... Here keepi... (more)

CN 2962 is dropping down off the highest point on the Canadian National Railway. The grade here is a steep 3%, it takes skill to bring a 50 car loaded coal train down a grade this steep. This is... (more)

CN 2962 is pulling 50 cars of coal up the 1.25% grade at Steeper, Alberta. The train loaded earlier the same morning on the gorgeous Luscar Industrial Spur....

Northern Pacific 26339.... Time standing still... On the Northwest side of Great Falls Montana sits a couple dozen railroad treasures. The yard consists mostly of late steam era 40 foot boxc... (more)

On the Northwest side of Great Falls Montana sits a couple dozen railroad treasures. NP17319 is a Northern Pacific boxcar built in May of 1941. The original herald can be seen starting to show th... (more)

Montana Mountain Climbing.... Perhaps the best place on Mullan Pass to witness the struggle of man versus gravity is at Iron Ridge. The grade here is a stiff compensated 2.2% with 10 degrees curv... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train digs into the Austin Loops on Mullan Pass. The grade here is a compensated 2.2% and the many curves bring the train down to a crawl as the monster passes the new Austi... (more)

A westbound BNSF manifest heavy in unfinished steel, I-beams and tank cars climbs the 2% grade thru South Boulder Canyon. The train has 5 big motors, configured 3x2. The railroad has followed Sout... (more)