"The Main Street of the Northwest": Connecting the midwest with the Pacific Northwest, Northern Pacific proclaimed itself to be THE way to move freight and people from point to point. Be it from t... (more)

BNSF 5343 leads a westbound rail train at Marias, Montana on the afternoon of October 12, 2008. Snow has already fallen in the mountains making for icy conditions for railfans partaking in the ann... (more)

After climbing Marias Pass, a eastbound BNSF stack train coasts downgrade near Summit, Montana. October 12, 2008. The mountains in the distance are part of Glacier National Park.

Across The Hi-Line: After traversing Marias Pass a eastbound BNSF stack train leaves the Rockies behind and heads across the high planes of northern Montana. October 12, 2008.

A trio of Burlington Northern Santa Fe GEs wind their westbound train through John Stevens Canyon near West Glacier, Montana on the former Great Northern, now part of BNSFs Hi-Line Sub. Just below... (more)

This rock outcropping about halfway up Missoula, Montana's 5,168 foot Mt. Sentinel, provides an excellent spot for the college railfan to study, enjoy the views and of course do a little photograp... (more)

"The Playground" - Missoula, Montana has often been discribed as a playground of mountains and rivers and few vantage points prove that as well as the scene from atop Mt. Sentinel and Hellgate Can... (more)

With the crisp light of early Fall guiding the way, Montana Rail Link SD70ACe 4308 leads an SD45-2 westbound with the night gas on the evening of September 11, 2008. The train, seen here at the si... (more)

VRS Roadjob 264 rolls through Gassetts, Vermont on the morning of Monday, August 18, 2008.

Having just flanged the line from Greenwich to Eagle Bridge, Batten Kill RS-3 4116 picked up a cut of cars for the Cargil mill at Greenwich Jct from the CP interchange. But before those cars can b... (more)

Timeless: With an Alco RS-3 that has changed little since the 1970s, three grain cars and blue skies overhead, timeless is the only word that comes to the mind of this photographer to discribe the... (more)

Wildflowers and an Alco: Batten Kill RS-3 4116 switches the Cargill Plant at Greenwich Jct, New York on August 13, 2008. Working not far from her birth place of Schenectady, the 4116 and sister 60... (more)

In a scene that could be mistaken for 1928, rather then 2008, Wiscasset Waterville and Farmington Railway 0-4-4T #10 performs a run-by during the museums Annual Picnic on August 10, 2008 at Alna C... (more)

The morning train from Albion has just come in from the north as the small flag stop of Alna Center comes alive on this summer day in 1928. In reality its 2008 and the train is a recreation by the... (more)

Change In The Kingdom: Vermont Rail System/Washington County roadjob NPWJ (Newport - White River Jct) passes the Weidmann Electric Industries just south of Lyndonville, Vermont on August 5, 2008. ... (more)