Modern CN power hauls a lengthy mixed goods train east on the single track between Durand and Flint.
A pair of Grand Trunk geeps return home to Flint after running to Pontiac and back through the night.
At day break, with the sun shining as temperatures hover around freezing, NS 7719 brings a heavy manifest west.
A pair of SD40E helper locomotives shove a heavy manifest towards Pittsburgh.
NS 7547 pulls a loaded autorack train under the soon to be cut over NYC signal bridge in Waterloo, Indiana.
As the sun begins to set, BNSF 4575 escorts the Boeing train, including four new 737 fuselages, through Manhattan on the Montana Rail Link.
A pair of helpers, a SD70ACe and a ES44AC, head back east to pickup another train.
UP 5907 struggles to crest Logan hill with a loaded coal train. In a couple thousand feet, however, a knuckle, mid-train, will break and UP 5907 will go into emergency.
Under the evening sun, BNSF 5710 leads a loaded coal train west on the MRL as it snakes its way out of the mountains and into Helena.
Two of Montana Rail Link's newest locomotives powers this northbound freight as it roars through the small town of Toston.
A Southern Pacific GE brings up the rear of a loaded coal train as it crests Logan Hill.
Even out in the desolate areas along BNSF's Powder River Basin line, No Trespassing signs line this high frequency corridor
A pair of cream n'green BN MACs bring up the rear of a southbound loaded coal train as two others struggle up the grade.
A pair of Burlington Northern painted EMD SD70MACs lead a westbound coal train through Wyarno.
As the sun begins to set over Wyoming, BNSF 7539 struggles to maintain track speed as they pull a loaded ballast train through Ulm.