The weather was abysmal and the lighting even worse requiring an ASA setting of ludicrous speed. However, I couldn't resist the temptation to take a "snap" of a three unit matched set of brand ne... (more)

Certainly capable of hauling out the trash, a matched set of former Santa Fe Warbonnnets with a BNSF garbage train in tow head east toward the Roosevelt landfill. The lead unit BNSF 8277, an SD75... (more)

Approaching the East Siding Switch Bingen a BNSF export grain train is hugging the "North Bank Road" of the former Spokane, Portland and Seattle railway deep within the confines of the beautiful C... (more)

Gliding around the Pillars Of Lyle a loaded BNSF grain train heads toward Kalama, WA and its contents headed for export overseas.

While the passengers riding along get their Jack-O-Lantern On, Mount Rainer Scenic Railroad operated a Pumpkin Excursion Train in honor of Halloween with a Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-8-2 formerly ... (more)

A westbound BNSF stack train is climbing Evaro Hill with a pair of Heritage 1 GE's with an MRL SD70ace added at Missoula as a kicker to make it over the 2.2% ruling grade. Additionally, MRL SD70a... (more)

Cresting the first of two mountain grades within the Coast Range on the Squamish subdivision, a southward British Columbia Railway freight curves along Gates Lake with mostly forest products desti... (more)

It was a Fun Day photographing trains on the British Columbia Railway in the dead of winter during my misspent youth. Instead of the typical gloomy weather, I would occasionally be rewarded with ... (more)

Horizon is NOT unlevel! MRL's R-MRL8411-11 aka the Livingston Local is having no issue making track speed with 3 cars in tow starting up the 1.8% Bozeman Pass grade. For the sake of a pleasant r... (more)

Slowing moving through the controlled siding with the crew in position on the pilot discussing their upcoming switching move of setting out an empty lumber car on a spur track, MRL's "840" local a... (more)

Another BNSF load of coal headed to the Pacific Northwest is ascending the east slope of Bozeman Pass on Montana Rail Link with a 3 unit manned helper powered by SD70ace/SD40-2/SD70ace shoving on ... (more)

Descending the Bozeman Pass grade an eastbound BNSF stack train is about 5 miles out of Livingston, MT on a late summer day under threatening skies.

A BNSF freight with a Red & Silver Warbonnet leads an eastbound manifest train through Lind, WA. BNSF 799 is not looking as pristine as it once was while hustling priority intermodal traffic acro... (more)

Sounding it's whistle for the road crossing alerting residents of the tiny hamlet of Toston, MRL's "840" local gets underway again after meeting a westbound coal train. This Warren Truss bridge b... (more)

Getting a thorough cleansing to prevent it from becoming a "cinder block," MRL 4305 gets washed in the Helena roundhouse. The Montana Rail Link takes a great deal of pride in their locomotive fle... (more)