A stormy afternoon greets an eastbound BNSF freight descending Winston Hill past milepost 216 leaving Winston, Montana, on July 7, 2021.

A lengthy 10,000 foot manifest inches forward on the main in order to fit into West Alton (10,600 foot siding) for a pass.

A smoky Dash 9 leading a 10,000 foot train near West Alton, Missouri.

CN 520 rumbles across the Dominon Bridge

The farmers of the area are gathering first crop hay and the air is thick with the smell of fresh cut grass and honeysuckle. NS 934 welded rail train rolls by a freshly mowed field in Shawsville,... (more)

A single dash 9 pulls a rail train west through Elliston, VA. It’s seen here splitting a pair of whistle posts before heading up christiansburg grade.

BNSF 5419 (Dash9) is coming at you as it enters the Keenesburg Cut while running east on the Brush Sub.

Rail train NS 934 speeds west through Wabun, VA with a single dash 9 for power.

BNSF 5250 rolls out of Monolith in preparation for descending the South slope of the Tehachapi Pass.

A westbound BNSF oil train finds a sliver of sunlight as it negotiates Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on the morning of June 30, 2018.

With the sunlight just starting to fade, a BNSF ( sporting a "warbonnet" paint scheme ) leads the NS 265 past the former Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Depot in Vermilion, Ohio.

A grain train rolls east down the BNSF Clovis Subdivision as a thunderstorm moves across the distant sky in Bodega, New Mexico.

During the golden hour, westbound NS intermodal train 261 rolls through the Cresson interlocking with UP 7181 trailing, but what's that pink well car? The first freight car in the consist is TTX's... (more)

Perfect timing took place at Blue Cut between BNSF 717 leading eastbound geo train ULACCHI, and UP 2552 with a colorful lashup above on the Mojave Sub with the MWCNP.

NS Raleigh to Durham local P46 departs Raleigh with a single Dash 9 for power.