An old barn shows its age as this Trenton, ND to Galveston, TX oil load rolls westward down the "highline" between Merrick and Ellinor. Officially known as Main 3, this section of track was built ... (more)

The first of two mountain grades has been conquered for this Laurel to Missoula manifest freight as it eases out of the tunnel on the top of Bozeman Pass.

A Kansas City, KS to North Bay, CA Z train runs around a Chicago, IL to Houston, TX Q train just east of the crossovers at Merrick.

6,763 feet of autoracks roll west towards southern California at a brisk 52 mph on a very warm and windy last day of winter.

The tail end of an eastbound Z train can be seen in the distance as this westbound Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA Q train heads west through Merrick, just west of Emporia. This train will hold jus... (more)

Right after sunrise an empty grain train nears the quiet town of Strong City where it will meet a westbound manifest.

Three SD70Ms pull this westbound intermodal train through the small hamlet of Perry, roughly halfway between Lawrence and Topeka.

The NS Nickel Plate Road heritage unit trails behind a BNSF C4 and a rebuilt AC44C6M on a New York to Los Angeles intermodal train as it slowly makes its way into town to be fueled and inspected.

A colorful consist leads a Des Moines, IA to Herington, KS manifest west alongside the Kansas River on the former Cotton Rock main in eastern Kansas.

While the "Black Fog of Blossburg" isn't as impressive as it once was, the sight of blue SD40s leading anything over the Continental Divide west of Helena makes for an awe inspiring sigh... (more)

A coal load bound for Minnequa, CO rolls through the famous curve alongside the towns namesake lake (hidden behind trees).

A former Santa Fe GP50 and GP60 lead the Emporia to Wellington, KS "Local 21" through Saffordville on their westward journey towards south central Kansas.

A train you can almost always count on seeing in the mid to late afternoon hours on the BNSF transcon in east central Kansas is the Willow Springs, IL to Stockton, CA Z train, today running with o... (more)

Long Beach, CA bound stacks begin the climb up into El Dorado after crossing a long causeway over El Dorado Lake.

G NENFTX9 04A struggles up the 18 mile long, 0.4% grade up through the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas and passes by the historical homestead known as "Pioneer Bluff".