On the morning of July 19, 2011, Canadian National grain train No. 867 heads west through Jasper National Park at Henry House, Alberta.

Soon, the narrow gauge De 110 units (delivered 1941!) will be retired - but until the new rolling stock is operational, they are responsible for the hourly Interregio services between Meiringen an... (more)

A view from the turntable of NS' gathering of its heritage locomotives at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC during the media preview day. Thanks to NS / NCTM for hosting this... (more)

The three FCAB units Clyde GL26C-2 2005, Clyde GL26C-2 2010 and EMD GR12 2402 are catching the last rays of sunshine as they pull their somewhere around 2000 tonnes train uphill towards Ascotan su... (more)

BNSF9211 leads a coal load on the 2.2% grade at Iron Ridge, Montana. An absolutely incredible location to watch railroadings most modern technology tackle one of the toughest mountain railroads on... (more)

Woodcrest shops service tracks have a few units this warm evening. The 2512 is getting some work done to it after some touch paint was done on the nose. Woodcrest doesn't do the heavy painting lik... (more)

The Golden Switch has a freshly repainted SD9 assigned to it on September 15, 2000, at Golden, Colorado. Painted in May of 2000, this former Colorado and Southern/Burlington Northern locomotive su... (more)

The last couple minutes of light make an explosive scene as BNSF 5888 leads a export coal load over Austin Creek. This classic and easily accessed spot is still one of my favorites...

The IC E-units sit quietly inside the Woodcrest Shops with unknown fate. These 2 units don't see much service anymore as the 103 has been doing the work on CN executives trains lately. These units... (more)

The next 2 ex-EMD SD60's to be put into service on the CN is the 5420 and 5432. Here this 2 units sit in the shops getting all the final touches put on and ready for testing. As short of power as ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal load runs around two others awaiting crews.

CN W904 waits at Peterson on the south track for A417 and P001 to pass before continuing to drop CWR.

Westbound on Track 1, a Union Pacific double stack marches over Sherman Hill at Dale, Wyoming, on September 17, 2008.

Here's the Rio Grande I adored as a kid: Six four axle high horsepower EMDs hauling freight through my hometown of Provo. There was a speed restriction through the city limits. Once a train approa... (more)