A grand total of eight units are on the point of this westbound stack train. The train originally had only four units but at Sparks, they added four units to head down to Roseville.

The Norfolk Southern steam program finished up its weekend crossing of the Susquehanna River over the Rockville Bridge. Heading eastbound across the bridge, this view was from in the river lookin... (more)

Horsepower Vs. Gravity! BNSF6253 screams to obtain the highest point on NP's Transcontinental Mainline. The manned swing help can be seen cut into the train. You have to love Montana!

A long Union Pacific freight pulled by two SD90MAC-H 6000 horsepower locomotives ascend Tehachapi Loop, California, on March 28, 2001.

ES 64 U2-096 of MRCE with publicity for IBS (Consulting and Software for Railways) is pulling a colorful special "Streetparade" train from Zürich to Stuttgart over the Rhine viaduct between Eglis... (more)

Climbing away from Oneonta

Three units (Re 6/6 and Re 4/4 II at the front plus an additional Re 4/4 II pushing at the rear) with a total power of 17200 kW make short work of this 1500 ton oil train, hauling it uphill at 80 ... (more)

SOO SD60's 6026, 6051, 6027 pull ethanol train 640 out of the Welland Canal tunnel enroute to the United States. This is my first, and probably last time seeing a SOO Line trio. It was originally ... (more)

Control car ABt4152 leads descending MGB train down from the summit of Oberalp in direction to Andermatt. This is narrow gauge mountain railroading with gearwheel assistance.

A class 470 ascends Gotthard in the late afternoon light, destined for Italy. Because of the high peaks surrounding the location, this shot is only available for a few months in the summer.

Coke out of the refineries in Billings is often run in unit trains to west coast ports for Export. Here one of those export trains crosses Greenhorn Creek.

"Repo 2494" crawls up the east bank of the Los Angeles River on its teeny tiny run from East Yard in Commerce to LATC in LA. There were photographers on the track in front of the train (out of fra... (more)

277 has a mixed bag consist today as it lifts it's train from the Mississippi River Valley. In a few short miles the train would be on their knees trying to lug their tonnage up the grade.

With good reason, the Settle and Carlisle route is world famous for its stunning scenery. One of many bridges and viaducts on the line, Dent Head Viaduct was built between 1869 and 1875 for the Mi... (more)

Union Pacific’s MRONY freight heads east out of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on a sparkling April 23, 2001, just moments after the clouds dispersed and the sun lit up the scene.