MRL 265 leads a B-B-A set of BN C30-7s as the manifest charges up the comparatively easy eastbound ascent of Mullan Pass between Avon and Elliston.

As the morning mist rises from the Clark Fork the eastward blade drops to stop, indicating the approach of a westbound train. Soon the valley is filled with the sound of power as BN 7145 hightails... (more)

UP 5365 West brings a lengthy manifest through Kennard, NE on one of those long summer days when the sundown comes after eight o'clock.

PRR symbol freight PR-4 for Camden, NJ has 76 cars behind the 2322, 2227, 2247 and 2641 (GP-35, two GP-30s and a U-25B). Tunnel is located east of the twin Spruce Creek Tunnels where, at this poin... (more)

Into the setting sun comes BNSF 8219 at the old Allentown signals several miles west of Lupton, AZ. The staggered cantilevers on this left-hand running district had once accommodated a crossover, ... (more)

With the impressive backdrop of the Wagner Mills elevators in Schuyler, NE, a five-pack of brand new ACs leads Proviso-North Platte symbol QPRNP into the sundown.

A very handsome locomotive indeed. CR 4128 and 4124 lead symbol OIPI around Scotch Run curve, under the 240.7 signals and approach MP 241 on a little bit of tangent before reaching Horseshoe Curve... (more)

BN 7277, 4045, 6817 and ATSF 5261 hustle 86 cars of Barstow-bound manifest across the Arizona Divide on a Sunday afternoon with one of those appealing early post-merger power consists including tw... (more)

One of the afternoon procession of eastbound TV trains starts past SO Block Station in South Fork, PA as it tackles the ascending grade toward Gallitzin. SO was built in 1902 and burned down, appa... (more)

Deep in the woods a mile and a half west of Horseshoe Curve, Camden to Conway symbol CAPI3 is slugging it out on mountain grade as it passes MG with a pair of helpers (or snappers) coupled ahead o... (more)

CR 6707 "We Support Our Troops" leads symbol ALPI3 (Allentown-Conway) as it departs Huntingdon after being tied down for most of a day. There had been a derailment in Altoona but traffic... (more)

Here's where No.3 track (on the left) - the lengthy low-grade crossing of Sherman Hill that was constructed in the early 1950s - rejoins the other main tracks via Sherman. The railroad narrows to... (more)

Approaching Dale Jct. we see there has been a slight difficulty with a coal train a few days ago - an event that doubtlessly tested my abilities at hurling dogcatch crews at a congested railroad. ... (more)

It's a bluebird morning in Walcott, WY as the 5882 East powers into the ascending grade to Percy. The old jointed rails in the foreground are a remainder of the abandoned Encampment Branch that ra... (more)

Winding across the high range, UP 4296 is 600 miles from Council Bluffs on its westward journey.