James Hill's Great Northern mainline has withstood the tests of time and nature and today remains one of the vital arteries for moving freight traffic between the east and west. One thousand, sev... (more)

With the headlight from our train illuminating his work, my conductor is sweeping the switch at East Merritt so we can line it, and continue west to Seattle.

BNSF's rotary works slowly thru the man made snow drift near MP 51 on the Zap Line. Crews worked most of the day digging out the 2 drifts along the tracks at MP 51 and piling the snow on the track... (more)

CP 9638 leads another AC4400CW through a heavy snow fall in Wisconsin Dells, kicking up snow in it's wake and obscuring the train behind it. Only about 15 minutes before this photo there was no sn... (more)

The Wells Day Job is working west towards Jackson, MN today. Here the crew is picking up alittle snow as they near Winnebago. In a couple miles they will be stopping to setout 10 tanks for Cornplu... (more)

A crossing shot, don't normly get a drift right at the crossing.

Cleaning up the Drifts that blew in after the ditcher ran the week before. And no i was past the snow, by looking at the chunks from the last pass and not shooting by them you don't get hit.

Priority train, Bedford Park IL. to Tacoma WA., waits in the clear at Merritt as an eastbound vehicle train comes off the 2.2, and passes with dyno's whining.

Iowa Northern's North Crew works on digging out more snow before adding 5 engines to the 5 engines stuck in a decent snow drift south of Nora Springs. This part of railroading in the winter isnt m... (more)

I was traipsing around the small Essex Yard to get some close up shots of the vintage SD40 Helpers reposing there when suddenly this westbound grain train snuck up on me. It's amazing how quiet a... (more)

In less than ideal weather conditions for photography and railroading, no less than 10 helpers cut into eastbound coal #788 at Minturn in late December 1981. The train departed almost on dusk with... (more)

It's 11 AM on Christmas Eve and the ubiqitous Essex Helpers have returned from an eastbound workout. They are drifting into the yard and passing the famous 1939 built ex GN landmark. Cascade Gre... (more)

CP 8823 heads north through (another) Minnesota snowstorm.

The switch broom on the nose appears to be hanging on for dear life as this hot Z-train clips west past the west end of the siding at Coram, MT. It's been a long, cold, snowy trip from Havre, MT ... (more)

On the eve of Christmas Eve, another half foot of snow blanketed the region. Merry Christmas to all! Any more snow and any additional accumulations will make for some awesome plow action!