Soaring high above the Snake River, Union Pacific's 150th Anniversary Passenger Special rolls over the impressive Joso Viaduct at a cautious 10 MPH. The Joso Viaduct built in 1912 is 3920 feet lo... (more)

With Oregon's Mt. Hood looming proudly in the background, an empty BNSF oil train glides gracefully along the mighty Columbia River and heads east back to North Dakota and the Bakken Oil Fields fo... (more)

While Y'all were getting yer steam on in the Midwest and Texas chasing UP 844, not to be outdone, we in the Pacific Northwest had a little steam show of our own. The Friends of SP 4449 operated t... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad is sending a Work Train out of Antonito, CO pulling a flanger and associated support cars to clear the line of snow after a long winter. Train is crossing Fer... (more)

Interesting yard switcher slug set awaiting its next move at Union Pacific's Brooklyn Intermodal facility.

The belch that made Montreal famous! Or was that Schenectady? Expanding its carbon footprint, a BCRail northward freight gets underway at the north end of Squamish yard after some minor switchin... (more)

Getting a thorough cleansing to prevent it from becoming a "cinder block," MRL 4305 gets washed in the Helena roundhouse. The Montana Rail Link takes a great deal of pride in their locomotive fle... (more)

Cruising gracefully down the North Bank of the Columbia River George, another load of grain destined for Western Washington elevators and export overseas looks beautiful on a fine fall afternoon.

Flying high over the Crooked River bridge on a sunny fall day, what could be finer than a beautiful streamliner?

What beats four of a kind on Burlington Northern in 1982? Well, actually quite a bit in this era of the BN as there was a huge variety of motive power on the roster at the time. However, getting... (more)

Deep within the confines of the Coast Mountain Range a BCRail southward freight crosses the Cheakamus River bridge at MP 49.6 on the Squamish subdivision

A view overlooking the BC Rail locomotive backshop in Squamish, BC. Getting some attention is an MLW RS-18, GMD electric locomotive GF6C, a former MLW RS-18 being completely rebuilt into a Caterp... (more)

On the cusp of a beautiful Nevada sunset, Union Pacific rolls manifest freight southwest through the Moapa Valley over the Los Angeles and Salt Lake route.

Brand new and just delivered to BC Rail, three SD40-2's numbers 764, 763 and 765 are being readied for their next assignment in the Lillooet roundhouse. While the red, white and blue color scheme... (more)

Four brand new consecutively numbered Alaska Railroad GP49's (2801-2802-2803-2804) along with a BN business car & caboose are being hostled from Interbay to South Seattle on the Burlington Norther... (more)