The short siding at Royal City Junction, Washington, is barely noticeable among the sagebrush and rabbitbrush growing between the rails on September, 28, 2021. Even less discernible is Milwaukee R... (more)

The helpers of a run through manifest prepare to duck into a tunnel while pushing a run through BNSF train up to Soldier Summit on the former D&RGW.

Remote Wendover Canyon is host to yet another coal train, led by Burlington Northern GE C30-7 No. 5036, rolling along the North Platte River between Wendover and Cassa, Wyoming, on the afternoon o... (more)

The grade on Montana Rail Link's Mullan pass is pretty evident here as the mid train helpers look down on the head end power of a run through BNSF grain train approaching Austin, MT

Sagebrush silhouette. Denver & Rio Grande Locomotive #425 and mixed train are silhouetted against the early morning sunlight as she charges across the lava-capped mesas of the New Mexico de... (more)

A hotshot intermodal races west through Shelby passing the depot and elevators at the busy junction, chasing the setting sun about to dip below the Rockies. Soon enough it will be in the throes of... (more)

Three Louisville & Nashville units approach Bluehole, Kentucky with a train of empty hoppers.

Deep in the canyons of Lorestan, a Siemens loco (cousin to the SC44) hauls a long-distance passenger train. The rock formations offered just a peek-a-boo view of this stone viaduct.

Q647 heads south climbing the grade out of Emerson with a recently reactivated C40-9W, originally a C44-8W that was essentially a demo unit for the Dash 9 series locomotive, on the point.

I think the Mountaineer was one of those trains where Senators and Congressmen from along the route threw their weight around to establish/continue a service that might have been hard to justify b... (more)

A pair of CSX helpers with trackage rights return westbound through the Natural Tunnel on a stormy Monday afternoon.

Last Light on Austin With 15 minutes before the the scene descends into shadow a westbound export coal load charges the 2.2% at Austin, MT. Just above the first terrain cut above the Mull... (more)

Maryland Midland’s westbound train is seen crossing over the Maryland highway 550 as it climbs the Catoctin Mountains west of Thurmont, Maryland.

Three dusty GP7s bring a train around the big curve in the Clifton Forge yard, back when this was still a hopping place.

A BNSF local freight, led by Burlington Northern EMD GP15-1 No. 1390. is about to roll through a curve after crossing the bridge over the Shoshone River at Lovell, Wyoming, on September 2, 1998. B... (more)