Union Pacific's hot Global 2, IL to Oakland, CA priority UPS/LTL intermodal chases down an unusual January thunderstorm, that brought hail and strong winds to the Bay Area. All is calm now, except... (more)

The blizzard of January 2016 left many Northeast railroads with the task of breaking snow off the rails. Seen here, Conrail SA22 heads back east to Browns Yard after breaking snow out to Cranbury ... (more)

Y220 crosses the Ohio River Bridge on its way over to the LIRC at sundown.

On a chilly, late October morning, a heavy BNSF manifest struggles up the grade near Angell prior to sunrise as the sound of GE motors working hard echo across the land.

Lackawanna heritage unit heading north at sunset

The sun begins to rise along the eastern slope of the Arizona Divide as a heavy Memphis, TN to Los Angeles, CA Z-train can be seen working hard up the 1.5 percent grade out of Darling on a chilly ... (more)

Generally speaking, UP's daily North Yard, CO to Roper, UT manifest is called at 3:30am. The process from call time to departure is typically 3-4 hours for the MNYRO. The result is usually an earl... (more)

Shortly after dawn

Northeast Regional heading north at dawn

Northeast Regional greets the sunrise

Heading north just before dawn

Sun setting behind a water tower. A Roger Puta Photograph

Doubleheader: Both the locomotives and the sunrise

An empty grainer rolls north through Steilacoom just after sunset, on it's way to a crew change in Auburn. Once re-crewed, it will begin it's snowy journey over Stampede Pass on it's way east.

Whipping up the loose snow set down by its westbound counterpart earlier in the day, the eastbound Southwest Chief charges across the plains of northern New Mexico. The nine car train is ab... (more)