After a quick crew change in Wenatchee, a Seattle to Chicago Z train crosses the Yakima River at Rock Island, Washington. The Great Northern Railway chose this location because it was the narrowes... (more)

BNSF C44-9W #4754 and BNSF ES44DC #7792 provide power to a mix of closed hoppers and tank cars as it travels through a wooded area between MP 371 and MP 372 on the CP River Sub. Photo taken 3/24/1... (more)

A nice runaround between a BNSF powered K042-16 Philly oil and a two mile long auto Q268-13 at CP-102 with some nice spring colors on a crisp clear day. Due to heavy congestion on the Upper River... (more)

After being allowed past a crossing accident scene involving an eastbound coal load, a westbound sand train pulls to a stop east of Dalrymple due to further congestion ahead that was caused by the... (more)

Moving throughout the crossovers in Hurricane, CSX train K080 crosses from track one to track two on this frosty morning. The train has been delayed West of Russel due to inclement weather.

Empty oil passes through Thurmond on a return trip to North Dakota. The Farbanks-Morse coal tower still stands on the West end of town.

Framed by Thurmond's iconic C&O cantilever signal, eastbound crude oil loads roll through downtown under the lead power of a western visitor. The train is destined for Yorktown, VA from BNSF at Ch... (more)

The fifth running of crude oil loads for the new Plains All American Pipeline facility in Yorktown, VA roll through Cheylan alongside the Kanawha River. The 97 car train, which originated in Chica... (more)

There's congestion ahead in Gallup as this Barstow, CA to Belen, NM manifest creeps up to the next intermediate signal.

Some wildflowers look on as a westbound stack train steps onto the bridge over Lake Ashtabula at Luverne.

A grain train accelerates eastward out of Grand Forks en route to its next work at Crookston, MN.

A set of BNSF road power idles on the shop tracks at CN's Thornton Yard Diesel Shop. Later in the day this power would lead a train back into Washington State.

Just moments before, both the PICBAR (behind) and the Slab Train (L LAC1911 26) were stopped at Fullerton. As the slab train departed, I accidentally fired the flash and caught the reflective tape... (more)

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