DP unit brings up the rear end of this grain empty bound for ADM in Cedar Rapids. Seen here near CP 108, few miles west of Blairstown in central Iowa.

Looks like 94 has been involved in a recent altercation

Before she was famous, and the last operating Rio Grande tunnel motor, 5371 earns her keep as she leads a freight across the Utah desert in the setting sun. Sure do miss taking trips to photograph... (more)

HISTORIC DAY TODAY ON THE GASPÉSIE RAILWAY! The first time, delivred a big windmill train, to Texas on the BNSF.

NS 165 crosses the Holston River after a quick crew change at the state line in Bristol.

It's a chilly fall night, the echoing enchantment of 8 cylinder 710 series prime movers idle through the air. On our left, CP 2244 sits by her lonesome after being switched off the TEC train due t... (more)

Rio Grande SD40T-2 No. 5354 has coupled to the rear of the LJI44-22 and prepares to shove the 'Dirt Train' east to Soldier Summit the afternoon of July 22, 2000. 5354 has received the so-called 'H... (more)

A BNSF train is going away with two DPUs on the back, heading over the triple crossing at Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City. The view is from the World War I memorial across from Union Station.

A pair of Orange units lead the RUT611 out of Provo and get up to speed and smoke it up as their rear care has cleared the yard.

Coal trains pass on Crawford Hill below Belmont, Nebraska, on July 12, 2008. The loaded train climbing the hill is a XCLX (Xcel Energy) unit train of hoppers, while the downgrade empty is composed... (more)

Floating Train

The Alaska Railroad has no physical connection to the rest of the North American rail network. But that doesn't prevent them from having a robust interchange. The ... (more)

A quartet of Union Pacific flags power train #226 into its destination of Atlanta,GA after a cross-country sprint from the west coast. UP ES44AC #2531, SD70M's #5185, #4979 & ET44AH #2675 is the l... (more)

SD45 (SD40M-2) 9034 leads a BN double stack train on a slightly hazy morning near Milledgeville, IL in February of 1994. The train is on BN's C&I SUb.

Fog, snow and rain make for a dreary mixture on Snoqualmie Pass as a westbound Milwaukee Road freight descends the pass and crosses Hull Creek trestle. Catenary poles still stand on the bridge ack... (more)