RJ Corman and dozens of BNSF employees spent their Fourth of July finishing up work on the flooded tracks through downtown Minot. After posting on their computers the tracks would be open at 20:00... (more)

Rebuilt by Relco in Albia, IA in July of 2013, BNSF 972554, a "RSP38-2" basks in the Winter morning sun in Glendive, Mont. Upon further examination of the rotary, the lead truck is power... (more)

The distant roar of a Westbound grain train clawing up the .65% grade out of the Souris River Valley fills the chilly Spring night sky; and the intermediate signal at MP 16.7 gives a proceed indic... (more)

UP 7694 East crosses the Rock Creek Trestle deep in the heart of the Feather River Canyon, while fellow RP contributor Patrick Phelan from San Antonio, TX shoots from the turnout on Highway 70.

Anyone know what this is? Looks to be some kind of booster. This is car 12 on a 16 car manifest up the 3% track on Cajon, sure did catch my eye.

Night time cab view of BNSF 9183 after stopping to get an air hose to prepare for the shove back to the 6 Belt crossing to park the beast.

Wanna Race? An older model Dodge Viper overtakes the Magic Banana, heading for the finish line of Amtrak's Jack London Square station.

The Napa Valley Lunch Train trundles back to Napa, passing a beautiful bunch of wine grapes at the Rutherford Grove Winery. Unfortunately for the wineries, but fortunate for me, the recent frost h... (more)

Home Free and Kira Isabella are mid-performance while the CP 2249 idles in the calm cold evening air during Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train stop in Minot.

Light power to pull Lakehead pulls down the Hole Track while DMIR 408 and two sisters spot empties high above on Dock 6. The sun was out for a cumulative of 15 seconds in the few minutes I was on ... (more)

A baby tunnel motor leads the ConAgra job back to West Oakland, rolling down the soaked Jack London Square. Canon Rebel XS.

A loaded coal train glides West at track speed on a wet and cold Winter afternoon.

An empty ethanol train navigates North through Jack London Square, on its way back to the cornfields of Nebraska.

A small herd of the idiotic class decide that waiting 2 minutes for the short switch job to pass isn't worth it, and risk their life by running in front. Even better, the straggler looking towards... (more)

Aptly named... Railfans of the MRL have been known to call the MRL 290 by its nickname, of "Flat-Back". The 290 began its life in May of 1966 as the GN 321, and eventually made it... (more)