BNSF 7790 has just about finished its 2000 foot climb from Denver as it nears Palmer Lake. Once over the top it’s downhill all the way past the Air Force Academy into downtown Colorado Springs.

After driving up and then down the Colorado River road north of Dotsero, looking for trains, i encountered 1’45” late AMTRAK #6 about a mile north (RR east) of Dotsero. The sky was partly clou... (more)

BNSF 4688 leads this crude oil train eastward through the snow covered Utah desert. The train loaded at the Price River Terminal near Wellington, Utah and is probably destined for Cushing, Oklahom... (more)

This Union Pacific empty welded rail train is on its way to Pueblo, Colorado, probably for a refill at the Evraz rail mill there. The location here is near the Lynn crossovers between Kyune and He... (more)

This ex. Southern Pacific SD45T-2, rebuilt as an SD40T-3 and now running as DM&IR #405 is passing through Iron Jct., Minnesota with a train of raw taconite ore. They are headed to the Fairlane pe... (more)

The Waseca Local showed up in Rochester, MN today with only 1 car; a single bulkhead flat loaded with wallboard for a building supply company on the south side of town. I first saw it at Byron, MN... (more)

This 2 unit set of Canadian Pacific GP20C-ECO's have pulled this long cut of cars down, out of the yard, to the Amtrak Station in La Crosse, Wisconsin and are now waiting for the call to shove bac... (more)

Canadian Pacific Kansas City runs a local freight to Rochester, MN several days a week. The local originates at the yard in Waseca, MN and runs east towards Winona, MN as far and as often as busin... (more)

CN 2000 splits the signals at Fairbanks, Minnesota on its way to the ore dock at Two Harbors with a load of hot, steaming Taconite pellets. The pellets originated as raw ore at the Minntac Mine be... (more)

BNSF 8586 has reached more gentle grades after climbing Whitetail Hill north of Caballo Jct., Wyoming with this loaded coal train. It will shortly reach Donkey Cr. Jct and the end of the Orin Sub.... (more)

CPKC Railway is out and running around Minnesota with it's 2023 Holiday Train. Today, it's first show was scheduled for 1PM in Rochester. I headed east following the tracks with a plan to go east ... (more)

This shot shows the same train, at nearly the same spot, on the same day as my RailPictures image #844151. The difference is that the train is about 200’ closer to the photographer and has a muc... (more)