A bare table train is in the hole waiting for two trains to pass. Amtrak in the background is one of them.

Q285 has a gorgeous lash-up today (at least from a railfan's perspective - the crew probably thought otherwise).

Two big EMD 6 motors lead a pair of former ATSF small fries up grade through Franklin Canyon at Christie.

Fortunate spot at the stop sign, with no traffic coming or behind ... quick shot out the window. The swollen Mississippi River surges to the left.

This SD60 demo is still holding up as it heads East down the Mississippi River.

The Pasco to Tacoma manifest heads past the John Day dam with 3 Oakways holding down the 108 car train. The John Day Dam has its gates open allowing the Columbia to partially release its power un... (more)

EX CP GP7/9 FRESHLY REBUILT BY C.A.D. TO A GP22 2000HP

Today's Laurel-Galesburg crawls through town at restricted speed past the westbound M-NTWGFD.

EMD 92 SD89MAC behind the Electro Motive La Grange facility.

A SP caboose was not an uncommon find at Nahant nor were the GP9s.

27 inches and counting! Single day total for Sunday were over 29 inches in Cass Lake. Simply amazing. More info at OutstateMi... (more)

The snow continued to fall as the train was stopping for a crew change. Even the Sheriff's Department in the background parked all their squad cars and pulled out every pick up and SUV they had! ... (more)

The Minot to Superior Manifest is crawling at 19MPH and the crew was very clear to the dispatcher that this was the fastest they could go because they couldn't see where they were going as the nor... (more)