A BNSF helper set consisting of two SD40-2s slowly backs toward a resting spot in the yard past the Izaak Walton Inn at Essex, Montana, on December 23, 2007. The Great Northern-inspired livery sur... (more)

An eastbound grain train makes its way around a bend near Spring Creek in Canmore. The engineer gave me a friendly wave as he went by.

Providence & Worcester operated a plow extra move on Sunday, February 15, making the trip from Worcester, Massachusetts to Willimantic, Connecticut on the railroad's Willimantic Branch (from Plain... (more)

Engine 7723 leads a westbound freight across the East Glacier, Montana trestle.

Engine 7511 leads a westbound freight train along the banks of the Flathead River, skirting Glacier National Park's southern boundary.

In an extremely cold wind, an eastbound Burlington Northern freight is veiled in blowing snow at Grizzly, Montana, on March 3, 1989, beneath the looming scenic and rugged mountains of Glacier Nat... (more)

Snow in the beginning of September?! Still wearing its former owner's colours, CN C40-8 2031 and GTW SD40-3 5950 lead train L513 onto the north track at a very wintery looking Park Gate.

Z151 with a trio of SD40-2's is throttled out as it climbs Kopje Hill and will struggle to make the top of the hill with a at tonnage train on the draw bars but will successfully make it over.

WSOR 4053 & 4008 lead T005 out of Janesville in a downpour of snow across the very odd Highway 14 and Kennedy Ave. railroad crossing.

With the hills of Duluth in the distance this BNSF plow train churns up its own ground blizzard as it clears the Hinckley Subdivision on a below zero day.

The Cedar River local has a green signal now at the diamond with the CP's Mason City Sub after the passing of 471. The crew went to work at 7am, and have been battling the elements as shown by the... (more)

The Vermont Rail System's 101-year-old CP Angus Shops built plow got another workout on February 20, when light power from a Thursday salt extra train took the plow west over the GMRC Bellows Fall... (more)

MRL 127 leads the Paradise Local arrives on the east side of Thompson Falls, Montana to switch the lumber mill. MRL crews had just finished shoveling out the switches. With e recent snow, wind and... (more)

An empty ore train makes short work of a plow ridge created by the Lake County truck in the distance, which was coming back and sanding the opposite side of the road.

It's tough finding a unique shot at planned photo excursions, but they can be found if you're willing to work for it. While everyone else piled up trackside for pics of 7470 coming down to pick up... (more)