Snaking through the multiple curves east of Summit, Montana, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train traverses Marias Pass. Up front is an eclectic group of motive power led by warbonnet GE C44... (more)

Winter on the Hi-Line: Winter comes early to Montana's Hi-Line and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, as seen in this image from Oct. 29, 2013 of a westbound BNSF Railway grain train slowly ... (more)

Working through the s-curves and over the rolling terrain of Western ND, a brand new SD70ACe leads a Blair Terminal (Seattle) to Logistics Park stack train over the busy single track Northern Tran... (more)

At around 7:30 PM on July 29, 2013, the eastbound Empire Builder struck a bulldozer at a private crossing west of Trenton. The lead unit, AMTK 21, received heavy damage and was set out on t... (more)

The sun finally crept over to the north side of the Luverne bridge as it neared the horizon. With a small window of opportunity before the bridge would be in shadow, my hopes sank as an eastbound... (more)

Break in the clouds and rain over Whitefish MT just in time for a Warbonnet.

High priority intermodal traffic from South Seattle to Chicago, IL works hard through Epping, ND and up the .66% grade on the new alignment, passing one of two elevators on the original route thro... (more)

For amber waves of grain, for purple mountain majesties...America, America. A westbound vehicle train behind a pair of BN Dash-2s cuts through the wheat fields of northern Montana nearing the Roc... (more)

Autoracks from the IHB trot Westbound along the sandstone formations created by what is now the Yellowstone River and past a set of vintage Great Northern searchlights awaiting replacement.

A trio of LMX GEs leads train 12 east out of the mountains.

BNSF 4575 passes through Ross North Dakota while a ross to superior grain train gets crewed and CSX crude oil empties bound for Manitou pauses while this intermodal comes roaring up the hill.

These solid green unit grain trains with matching units were the pinnacle for Cascade Green fans. Here a pair of helpers shove a loaded train towards the summit of Marias Pass.

Westbound cars and pickups storm through the rural community of Des Lacs, ND on a Summer-like April afternoon in 2012... Unfortunately, April 1st of 2013 won't be that nice - with a 3 foot snowpac... (more)

Westbound oil empties await crews at Minot yard. Unique power on each including CNJ heritage engine.

The one and only Barf Bonnet leads an Alma empty into the setting sun and through the Wing River sag in Verndale.