Reflecting late afternoon sunlight onto the waters of Brule Lake at 8:47 p.m. on July 15, 2013, Canadian National train 112 bends through Robertson’s Curve at Swan Landing near Brule, Alberta.

CN 524 on CN Champlain spur

BNSF 4702 leads a Long Beach Pier E to Alliance, TX stack train around the curve leading into Crozier Canyon. When I saw this train on the lineup, I thought the 4702 was still painted in the iconi... (more)

A Laurel, NE to Guernsey, CA loaded unit grain descends down the 1.4% grade of Crozier Canyon as the sun sets on a late spring evening in northern Arizona.

METRA 104 Leads, outbound from Olgive Transportation Center in downtown Chicago heading North

The rugged terrain of Wyoming's Bighorn Basin is shown off here at Sheep Canyon, one of several canyon's that BNSF's Casper Subdivision cuts through. Seen here, BNSF's Cowley Turn, a local operati... (more)

Mother's Day Yard Job | A lone SD40-2 sorts cars at Norfolk Southern's Avondale Yard in Kansas City, MO on the mostly sunny morning of May 12, 2024.

Kansas City Landscape | Alongside the Kansas River, a yard transfer train from Norfolk Southern's Avondale Yard approaches the BNSF's Argentine Yard in Kansas City, KS on a bright and warm ... (more)

RMRX 8020 leads the "Rockies To Red Rocks" train west through Colorado's Western Slope while making its way out of a canyon.

Illinois Central SD70's usually dominate the CN local trains around Chicagoland these days. You won't hear any complaints here, but it is sometimes nice to see the older 4 axle power get a chance ... (more)

Many people in the Savanna area wait patiently for the Holiday train to pull in for a 2:15 show. Was good to see the train come back to the Midwest this year. The train will head to Davenport and ... (more)

A CSX freight out of Barr Yard begins the trek down the UP Villa Grove Sub at Dalton. The train is about to pass thru Yard Center as it passes CP I016-144th Street. CSX trains bound for Danville o... (more)

As the thick morning fog continues to linger longer into the day above the San Joaquin Valley, countless south bounds would appear from the hazy depths below on their climb for the high desert and... (more)

Iowa Northern Butler turn in Shell Rock

The Lackawanna heritage unit was just re-released from the Juniata shops in Altoona, PA a few days ago after an overhaul and a fresh coat of paint. In Ohio it was placed on train NS 18M and it’s... (more)