A pair of GF6Cs assist a CN-powered coal train at MP 53.4 on BC Rail's Tumbler Ridge Subdivision. 7 miles west of Tumbler Ridge.

As the desert sun sets, a 10,000-ton coal train off the UP at Barstow roars up the stiff grade out of Mojave into the Tehachapi Mountains. The coal train is headed for a cogenerator in the San Joa... (more)

A head on wreck caused by one train overrunning the meet at Gilchrist. I heard on the radio that "2 westbound trains collided head on" (accuracy in the media!) so I highballed across the border (I... (more)

Spring is a couple days off, but the snow is wet and sticking to the trees like it is already spring. Four Southern Pacific AC4400CWs haul an empty coal train through the snow-covered trees at Cre... (more)

A pair of switch crews utilizing GP10s work ICG's main Mobile yard. That's Telegraph Road in the background, with the Southern yard to the left, and the Frisco/BN to the right.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em
The southbound Santa Fe Q-Train leaves Greenland, Colorado, on July 10, 1989. The lead F45 is coughing up smoke as the train heads for Palmer Lake on Coloradoâ€... (more)

Montreal Maine & Atlantic works the steep grade just west of Cookshire on a hot June afternoon.

Tom Golden photo.

Santa Fe Junction is busy here, with northbound BNSF coal empties in the foreground, a UP coal load headed for the Transcon off the High Line Bridge, and a westbound BNSF vehicle train taking the ... (more)

A departure from the nearby Dhaka Kamlapur station briefly disrupts trading at a mid track market in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

A single GT26CW-2 running longhood forward leads a string of loaded coal hoppers from the Port of Donghae to the inland yard at Songjeong. The train operates as a shuttle running every hour or so ... (more)

A lone U23B, pushing a string of hoppers loaded with construction debris, sprays sparks under the load.

Rio Grande Aspen Gold paint stands out in sharp contrast to a monochromatic early spring landscape in the lower horseshoe curve at Gilluly. The Rio Grande Zephyr never failed to impress its Utah f... (more)

Southern local power (GP30 & B30-7A) tied up at Greenwood, SC || August 1973

RailAmerica-painted Huron and Eastern GP38-2s 3865 and 3866 race light engine toward Arthur to switch out ADM and Agrium on their way to Reese and points east in Michigan's Thumb. Pan at 1/15th.