One of the hottest trains on the Aurora Sub is this Chicago to St. Paul afternoon Z-train. This train has been called "Precious" by many dispatchers over the years. Here, high priority ... (more)

Putting the Peddle to the Metal. Well, more like putting the throttle to notch 8. In this scene BNSF 5403 the rest of the headend power put on a show as they work upgrade into Highgrove wit... (more)

What a cool lashup.... 8204 in classic Santa Fe & the rarely photgraphed 9403

The daily westbound Pasco-Vancouver parallels the headwaters of the Yakima River as it passes under the former Milwaukee Road overpass west of Easton. The trail bridge (pictured in the distance) ... (more)

Shortly after re-entering daylight following its passage through the 9,834-foot-long Stampede Tunnel, this westbound manifest is about to plunge into the darkness of Tunnel 4 -- albeit only briefl... (more)

An eastbound ascends toward West Crookton atop the newer of the two alignments up this hill.

An eastbound local hustles up the Arizona Divide at MP420 on its return run to Winslow.

BNSF 5403 heads into one of the tunnels located blocks away from downtown St. Paul. This area has a lot of homeless people that live down by the tracks. There are a couple more small tunnels also ... (more)

There were several Frisco hoppers in the consist of this loaded taconite train passing the remnants of East Cabin along the bluffs of the Mississippi. The flocks of migrating birds fly overhead, ... (more)

Action on the mainline at East Dubuque includes a meet between a loaded taconite train and a crew off a westbound grain train coupling their power to a disabled engine in the siding.

A eastbound crosses over Canyon Diablo

BNSF's Stockton-Denver manifest begins a 560 mile tour of the former D&RGW mainline at Midvale, Utah.

With the power in "elephant style" form, BNSF's Denver-Stockton heads west along the Jenson family vegetable garden.

NS train 285 clunks across the CSX Fitzgerald sub and Heart of Georgia Railroad diamonds in downtown Cordele. Fuji Sensia 100, Olympus OM4, Zuiko 50mm f1.4