BNSF 5113 heads up the initial grade out of Helena, MT with a manifest freight. The train will soon pass through Austin and then tackle the mountain grade up to Mullan Pass. The GE pair are being ... (more)

The race is on out of Spokane as a Z train behind BNSF 6115 uses the old NP main to overtake a westbound manifest climbing the old SP&S main at Marshall, WA. The Z will top the hill and take the l... (more)

Thurbo GTW 526 791 & 526 800 pass the Rhine fall bridge on the way from Schaffhausen to Winterthur

The Yreka Western heads west with empties from the SP interchange at Montague. This is a 'three Shastas' shot - the train is crossing the Shasta River in the Shasta Valley, with Mount Shasta in th... (more)

The setting sun shines just long enough to illuminate the sides of the two MACs as they bring a train to Whittier on a very nice April evening.

Running just under the edge of darkness, an eastbound autorack train speeds towards Reno behind head-end helpers.

Regional train from Valladolid to Gijón with old 440.247 passing near Golpejar de la Tercia, in León.

E190 019 passes Mezzocorona whilst working EC85, 0934 Muenchen-Bologna Centrale

Train R 855 is riding over a rack rail section of the Oberalp pass on its way from Disentis / Mustér to Andermatt.

With the snow-covered Rockies shining brightly in the distance, Amtrak’s Southwest Limited curves around the iconic Wootton Ranch. This was the one-time home of Richens “Uncle Dick” W... (more)

A southbound Oregon Trunk train stops at Metolius to pick up some sugar beet cars.

Westbound coal train west of Cooks in the Columbia River Gorge.

The eastbound Southwest Limited, Amtrak Train 4, has crested Raton Pass, and is nearing Wooton, Colorado as it rolls toward Trinidad on a beautiful May evening.

Freight train 5902 from Åndalsnes to Alnabru through the scenic Rauma Valley

A late April spring storm dumped snow along the Front Range Urban Corridor the day before leaving traces of snow today. The "Flatiron Foothills" still covered in snow are seen dominating... (more)