Day 2 of the Final Spike Tour and we are at the TransCanada Highway between Hatton & Maple Creek.

Eastbound manifest rolls through Empire Ca. at mid-morning.

BNSF 6295 (ES44AC) runs through the snow and the trees between Tolland and Rollinsville, Colorado.

BNSF's Buck Local out of Longmont has finished a long day of sorting and switching cars along the old Lafayette Branch and now finally gets to head back home, seen here passing through rural Bould... (more)

The Rhaetian Railway freight train 5140 from Pontresina and Samedan via the Albula line to Landquart freight station is usually the longest. On this day, the two locomotives Ge 4/4 II # 624 and # ... (more)

NS Train 14Z heads north through Pkin, Virginia as it comes out of a near-horseshoe curve.

Electric cogwheel snow blower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 of the Rigi Railways (RB) in operation on Rigi Staffel. There is more snow than ever this winter towards the end of April. The three-axle locomo... (more)

WW102 crew heads to the shops at Gore with light power. This line no longer sees freight traffic, only 1-2 light power moves to the shops per month.

Join & Inquire Mongolian railfanning tours: monrailpic@gmail.com

BNSF 2749 (GP39E) shoves a light motor run towards Lyons, Colorado where the crew will lash up to a small cut of empty hoppers to take back to Longmont.

GWR 7029 'Clun Castle' approaches Hatton Station with the 1Z46 0830 Birmingham Snow Hill - Bristol Temple Meads. Stock: 96100 + 35470 + 349 + 335 + 311 'Eagle' + 3110 + 9101 + 5198 + 5177 + Class ... (more)

Train 842 slowing for its station stop at Peekskill. Metro North P32AC-DM 213 and seven cars including cab car 6117.

RMRX 8020 leads the "Rockies To Red Rocks" train west through Colorado while approaching Kremmling.

Today marks the 20-year anniversary of CN's purchase of Great Lakes Transportation that included the DM&IR, B&LE, Great Lakes Fleet and Conneaut Dock Company. A T-Bird rolls through Iron Jct. as ... (more)

The Southwest Chief rolls along authorized for 90 mph across most of the Marceline Sub. The train will have to slow to 50 mph for the curves down into the Des Moines River Valley here in a few mil... (more)