This westbound coalie is dressed up as a paleface for Halloween. The train is entering Nebraska on the new Missouri River bridge, constructed between February, 2012 and December, 2013. The origina... (more)

NS 9898 cruises down the Juniata River valley on an autumn afternoon - seen here passing beneath the westward home signals for Port interlocking.

Autumn colors upon Blue Mountain form an appealing backdrop as the 9333 West passes rural Horningford, PA on a Sunday evening.

Whistling for the grade crossing in town, here comes the 9624 West looking smart as it accelerates through Huntingdon on an autumn afternoon. This intermodal outfit was amidst a nice run of 7 trai... (more)

Horningford Morning: On an otherwise rather dismal morning, a felicitous burst of sunshine coincides with the arrival of NS 9333 East.

Middle Division Survivor: to an ex-PRR man, it will always be the Middle Division; and the legions of four-track wide signal bridges have become awfully sparse over the years. For now, this one ne... (more)

A westbound manifest led by BNSF 4396 winds its way down from Marias Pass, assuredly in dynamic. The need for slide protection fences is evident here, where Empire Builder James J. Hill carved the... (more)

BNSF 5355 East takes the siding at West Austin as, even now, a westbound manifest is awaiting a green light in order to continue its climb over Mullan Pass. It's a pretty smooth operation here.

The 5476 East in the lap of the mountains.

After chasing the 4302 East all morning there was a dearth of westbound traffic as now preferred with the inexorable movement of the sun. I called the Snow Slip Inn and asked them to keep the baco... (more)

Shoving hard against the 1046 East, a pair of Essex helpers are about to dive into Shed No. 8.

Laboring up the long grade from the Flathead River valley to Marias Pass, BNSF 1046 roars out of Shed No. 7 and into the tight curve at Windy Point.

Deep in the Flathead River valley, BNSF 5173 with oil cans rolls across the impressive trestle at Java East as the rising sun pokes above the treetops.

With a cloud of dust and a hearty roar of power, the engineer of UP 7360 East puts the spurs to his steeds as the train comes off of Como Hill and accelerates toward the fourteen mile climb to Wil... (more)

UP 1601 and 1638 are almost "home" to Sidney, NE as they work a rather lengthy local - 105 cars including many loads of pipe.