Railroading is a game of numbers.

90 cylinders. 10,800 horsepower. 7,894 tons. 17,200 more horsepower. 2.2 percent.

Three MRL SD45's, with the help of four more EMD's cu... (more)

Look 'ma, no hands! Driving in Jack London Square can be tricky. You've got to really pay attention, pedestrians, other cars, and.. OH! TRAINS! Here we see me observing (or trying to) the 2... (more)

Past, present, future! After shuffling sheeple between Sacramento and the Bay Area, CDTX 2009, 2010, and 2011 recieve their TLC, quietly tucked away within the confines of the Kirkham Stree... (more)

"The Mouse that Roared" BNSF 4838 East leads the last train to roll through downtown Minot before MOW took the second mainline out of service this afternoon, while the National Guard fra... (more)

Dude, you're upsidedown! A string of empty coal hoppers that were damaged in a Colorado derailment sit upsidedown on top of 89' flatcars, awaiting repair at UP's De Soto Car Shops.

BNSF 6688, delivered April 30th, 2011, leads 125 loads of coal down the steep 1.56% grade on the Lee Ranch Sub, passing the beautiful red sandstone formations of Western New Mexico.

Hundreds of railfans are parked on the turnouts of Highway 70 to witness UP 844 cross the beautiful Rock Creek Trestle, bound for Portola.

One of MRL's unique cupola cabeese hangs onto the rear of a Jimbo Local that is working East over the 10th Sub picking up old ties.

Airplanes afloat... for now! In just a few hundred miles, these airplanes will making national news, byswimming in the Clark Fork River as a result of a Montana Rail Link derailment. more)

Priority manifest traffic from Spokane, WA to Northtown, MN crosses the swollen South Branch Creek on a beautiful Saturday morning.

On a chilly March night, the coal unloading process continues, as Bob Mcbrier kicks back and waits for the "that'll do" call from the person on the ground.

Although Glendive is primarily known to be an EMD shop, they still service GE's. The BNSF 4113, a GE C44-9W is in for a new traction motor. On 2/23/15 at Townsend, MT the unit suffered a locked tr... (more)

Airplanes stay afloat! KCS 4817 and a BNSF GP39 lead a Boeing special over the 10th Subdivision along the Flathead River. This train was the hottest train on the railroad after the major de... (more)

Alco products do what they're known for with the Blue Looper in tow, negotiating the s-curve just West of Snowflake.

After meeting one at Woodford, BNSF6606 tries to get back going on the grade... Run 6, sanders on, and he couldn't pull it, just kept rolling backwards. I guess BNSF will learn the hard way you ca... (more)