CSX 4571 leads M316 across the Shortline Sub towards Cumberland Maryland

Three GEs westbound with a mixed freight.

Coal trains on the Santa Fe race track looked out of place. These York Canyon Coal trains were heading to McCook and points east. Usually, these heavy trains got 3-4 big GEs for power. As seen he... (more)

A Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA Z3 passes the Z-LACWSP1 as they both negotiate the tight curves of Crozier Canyon. Spring rain showers have brought out some hint of greenery to Arizona'... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train follows an icy and foggy Clark Fork Valley through Trout Creek, Montana, on February 8, 2024.

A Roseville bound manifest has just left West Colton yard and works slowly past the siding at Slover.

MNOEWB 21 with YAV10 21 yard crew handling the New Orleans transfer, crossing the Huey P Long Bridge... I'm pretty sure it's the steepest railraod grade in Louisiana and also the highest railroad ... (more)

Westbound exiting Crozier Canyon. Trailing units are Dash 8-40BW 509 and SF30C 9550.

Westbound coal train at Beatrice.

A passing rain shower has just stopped and a full rainbow filled the sky's and UP sent eastbound symbol ILBDI at the right time!

A rapidly moving winter storm is moving eastward across the Mojave Desert. Dramatic clouds were forming just as quickly as the sun would start to set behind them. The potential of dramatic lightin... (more)

A Ft. Worth to West Colton extra struggles through the cut at Mohawk in the late evening.

UP 5561 leads eastbound stacks near Wellton, AZ.

UP 7036 sporting white number boards leads a westbound Z down Beaumont Hill at El Casco.

Climbing Cajon Pass at milepost 58 is Union Pacific train KLAG1, an intermodal train that may be operating for K-Line out of the port of Los Angeles. Union Pacific SD70M 4842, UP Dash 8-40C 9198,... (more)