A bunch of slow orders have slowed the hot shot Chicago, IL to Denver, CO Z-Train that is seen coming into the small town of Hudson, CO at sunset.

Anticipation
Winter air is laden with moisture and a light fog swirls in the airy blue hour of dusk on January 25, 2013. Stillness of the moment is broken as a distant air horn blowing ... (more)

Slowing for the diverging approach at East Keenesburg, a CREX GEVO leads a BN SD70MAC on this Minnequa coal load just east of Keenesburg. The train will meet at least one eastbound here.

A foggy day

Regarded as the worst blizzard of the 2013-2014 winter season, winds gust whipping newly accumulated snow around the Thief River Falls area. Amongst the storm, Canadian Pacific trains still trave... (more)

UP 5551 leads the last of three UP trains in a row, through one of the numerous curves along the Puget Sound on BNSF's Seattle Sub. Bound for Seattle, this grainer will leave the BNSF Seattle sub... (more)

Approaching the Buchanan Wye at Devon, export coal loads cross Knox Creek near Milepost 3 on the Buchanan Branch mainline in Pike County Kentucky. This unique N&W coal mining branch contributes a ... (more)

View from the rear of regional train Poschiavo to St Moritz over the Bernina Pass. The track plunges into the mist covering the Poschiavo valley. On the right is the frozen Lago Bianco, while on t... (more)

An east bound coal load for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Paducah, KY (CWETS 26) enters Tunnel 20 and will soon exit the tunnel and enter Tunnel 19 just west of Crescent.

Snow continues to fall as the Cheyenne, WY to Denver, CO Manifest led by two Dash 9's and three SD40-2's rolls down the middle of Atwood Street in Longmont.

Absolute darkness and desolation in the Atacama desert, and FERRONOR iron trains continue working nonstop!

Surrounded by steam from AK Steel is a westbound CSX freight passing on what could be the last C&O era signal bridges in the Russell area.

A crew member fights a losing battle to clear a switch during the height of a blizzard that deposited two feet of snow. A large MOW loader with a plow attachment helps to clear access to the switc... (more)

A Dash 9 DPU brings up the rear of a westbound manifest drifting downgrade toward Dilworth Yard, kicking up plenty of snow in its wake on a cold December evening.

NS 142 has been fighting the winter weather all day and has temporarily succumb to it. Ice has built up in the air lines and has caused the air pressure in the back half of the train to drop drama... (more)