Three of MRL's SD45-2XRs roar west along the Montana countryside with 8025 tons of mixed freight in tow. The leader would later throw a ground relay and be replaced at Livingston with a SD40-2XR.

A short eastbound Southwest Chief makes a daylight appearance across Kansas account having to set out the lounge car in New Mexico the day before. The train later encountered a significant delay a... (more)

A sugar cane load heads down the former FEC K Branch to the large United States Sugar Corp. processing plant at Clewiston.

While the "Black Fog of Blossburg" isn't as impressive as it once was, the sight of blue SD40s leading anything over the Continental Divide west of Helena makes for an awe inspiring sigh... (more)

The northbound Anchorage to Fairbanks freight eases across the Matanuska River just a little under an hour into the 350 mile long trip into the interior of Alaska.

A pair of MRL's newest locomotives leads the ML through the east end of Greycliff where modern colorlight signals have recently replaced the aging former Northern Pacific searchlights.

After running the full length of their assigned territory west to Whitehall, the 844 local is returning east as it enters the west end of Jefferson River Canyon on their way to Logan.

Amtrak #4 pauses at the mainline fuel pad at Argentine Yard for fuel before running east into it's stop at Kansas City Union Station.

The eastbound Southwest Chief races along nearly six hours late due to a late departure out of Los Angeles two evenings prior. Train #4 has also routinely been running late for the past few weeks ... (more)

The second trip of the day for the BNSF Employee Special in Newton, KS sees the train rolling west alongside the UP's former Rock Island "Golden State Route" west of Hutchinson.

Light power sits on Main One waiting for other traffic to pass by before crossing over and reversing back west to Emporia Yard.

General Electric meets Chevrolet as the DP on an El Paso, Texas bound grain train rolls past "Cruise Night" in Parkville, MO.

One of ten specially painted 25th Anniversary units leads a Hutchinson, KS to Galesburg, IL freight through NR Junction on the east side of Emporia

With most of the train over the top of Donner Pass and emerging from Tunnel 41, "The Big Hole", this eastbound stack continues on it's long journey to Chicago.

A westbound empty ethanol train rolls across Highway K-18 just north of the same town of Talmage, KS, on the former Santa Fe branch to Superior, NE.