Empty coal train on the S-curve at Sully Springs on a lovely summer day a few years back.

Vancouver, BC - Toronto, ON racks & stacks head thru Marathon on a beautiful winter morning

Seen from the SP's Cutoff this EB pig train is grinding upgrade approaching Sullivan's Curve.

Good old days when work allowed some extracurricular excursions in the old stomping grounds. I haven't been back since they added more track except to fly over.

At 2618 feet, Cajon Pass' Blue Cut, is much lower than Cajon (near Sullivan's Curve) or Summit (obviously, since it sits at 3775-feet). It therefore rarely gets much snow. However, after three d... (more)

Late in the afternoon on a somewhat warm Sunday, February 26, 2023, a trio of "belle" painted engines lead a northbound manifest train through the center of Noel, MO.

Snow is somewhat rare at Cajon, a bit under 3000-feet of elevation, but it does occur a few times per year. But the big storm of February 2023 dumped a lot of snow here, as it was dropping snowfl... (more)

A Tier 4 GEVO is in charge of hopper train NS 821 as it rumbles west is Christiansburg grade. It’s seen here in Shawsville just before the Basham Hollow Rd crossing.

Santa Fe's hot 991 train crosses the Alhambra Viaduct in Martinez, California.

Northbound passenger extra is meeting the special "Mapco Express" oil train. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

A Canadian Pacific export grain train for the West Coast has just crossed into British Colombia from Alberta during a slow up-hill climb near Stephens, B.C., in the late wildfire smoke-induced Can... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr passes Union Pacific’s MNYPV (North Yard in Denver to Provo, Utah) freight in a March snowstorm at East Portal, Colorado, on March 24, 2007. The lead unit ... (more)

A barn and another outbuilding are still standing at an abandoned homestead and ranch that was once part of a tiny community known as Weed, located above Austin, Montana. Weed is still a place nam... (more)

Southbound manifest flies through Iona Island on The River Sub.

Java Snowsheds Glacier National Park A colorful eastbound marine stack climbs the 1.8% grade at Java, Montana. A dry cold front made a crisp clear morning despite area wildfires. Tom Dan... (more)