An eastbound BNSF coal empty clatters across the Clark Fork at Noxon, Montana, on the afternoon of February 8, 2014. This scenic location is on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision.

BNSF 7541 leads a loaded unit steel coil train up the 2% grade towards Bealville with Bear Mountain looming in the background.

The very first train I saw in Kingman Canyon at the start of the day is the last train I see before heading back to Vegas from Barstow. A JB Hunt stacker eases into Barstow yard on a 105 degree af... (more)

The old Santa Fe searchlights stand tall in Toluca, as a westbound hotshot highballs through town.

DPU's shove hard on this long, eastbound stack train, passing the classic ATSF signals in Verona.

4 GE's are in dynamics as they roll to the bottom of Edelstein Hill near West Chillicothe. The train will be pasting over the Illinois River in a couple miles. Partly clouds skies are trying to cl... (more)

Yes- the sign does say "Free 72oz Steak". One of the things Amarillo is famous for is the Big Texan Steakhouse which puts on this offer if you can finish the mammoth and the sides in under an hour... (more)

Burlington Northern Sante Fe and Canadian Pacific both get through most of Minneapolis by running above the roads most of the way crossing at a diagonal to the city blocks.

BNSF 7541 leads a southbound manifest into the BNSF yard in Vancouver

A loaded grain train on its way to Washington rounds a nice curve between Palermo and Stanley.

BNSF stack train eastbound on the Needles Subdivision.

Coming off summit on main #3, it's a nice seeing three mains now from Summit to Silverwood.

Brand new from GE 7541 and 7542 roll west