UP 5380 is amidst a run of southbounds traversing Tehachapi Pass on a Saturday morning as it roars through the loop.

Along the Oregon Short Line: UP 5627 is at the point of an eastbound manifest ascending King Hill out of the Snake River valley.

In a cloud of coal dust BNSF 6233 charges past Horsethief Lake in the late afternoon.

A rather pleasant appearance in consequitively numbered SD-75Ms; BNSF 8242 and BNSF 8241 still in their Santa Fe markings except for road initials and numbers.

UP 7839 moves a double-stack outfit eastward through the Columbia River gorge in a land of contrasts.

An eastbound manifest has felicitously appeared, as if ordered up from a railfan's menu, not long after I took a seat on the US97 overpass.

The UP side: An eastbound manifest comes rolling through the Columbia River Gorge at Biggs, OR on a pleasant morning. Most of the Mt. Hood backdrops seem to be taken from the BNSF side of the rive... (more)

A westbound intermodal outfit squeals through the tight curve at Windy Point as it descends the grade from Marias Pass.

Work is afoot toward the addition of a second main track between Blair and Kennard, NE on the former C&NW route to Fremont. Here a westbound reefer block throttles down in deference to a low green... (more)

Reraching two main tracks at CP SP356, BNSF 5191 and companions lift an intermodal outfit out of the narrow canyon between Marcel and Cable.

A southbound intermodal has reached the north end of two main tracks at Cable, nearing the summit of Tehachapi Pass.

BNSF 7704 leads a southbound BNSF manifest through the loop on a Tehachapi morning.

On an afternoon when all of the traffic was coming out of the sun, the presence of distributed power offers a viable option as BNSF 7261 brings up the rear of a southbound manifest just past Marce... (more)

Snarling up the steep grade from Pica, BNSF 7817 leads a 4+1 manifest towards Yampai summit just around the bend, after which it will be downgrade to Needles. Dispatching lore has it that whatever... (more)

Standing on a bridge in Winslow, Arizona as the intense southwestern sun rises, action is likewise intense along the Transcon this morning as a manifest gets out of town and baretables wait for a ... (more)