Two ex Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s help an intermodal train up the grade nearing the famous Horseshoe curve. It was a fine autumn day and the fall colors were great. April 1st is Conrail's 48th birthd... (more)

A clean Grinstein Green SD70MAC leads a Stockton, California to Alliance, TX stack train across the Canyon Diablo Bridge on a sunny January day. It was sure nice to see something other than ano... (more)

The hogger yanked the throttle to give the photographer that nice ALCO smoke show. This is an ex CP C424 and it's gives the best smoke shows in Apache's fleet.

GP9E 1801 bask in the sun at the shops. The unit is on borrowed time on the PNWR since their parent company, Genesee and Wyoming, has agreed to get rid of older locomotives to comply with the clea... (more)

A Laurel, MT to Paso, WA manifest rolls along the Flathead River during evening hours.

The day gas rolls along the Flathead River on it's way back to Missoula with a 31 car train. It was nice to see an SD40XR 2nd out.

A GBW switch job crosses the CNW diamonds while drilling cars on a sunny but bitterly cold day.

A Roberts Bank, BC to Spring Creek Mine, MT coal empty glides under 10781 foot Mt Baker on its journey to get reloaded in the Power River Basin. Due to unusual triple digit temperatures int he Pac... (more)

A Spring Creek Mine, MT to Roberts Bank BC export coal train is crossing Union Slough Between Everett and Marysville, WA. The crew is just starting their run that will end at the Westshore Termina... (more)

Two GEEPS pull a long heavy manifest along the Columbia river near Bingen, WA. The crew lost PTC and had to run without it. The train was struggling to make track speed.

An empty BNSF oil train is climbing out of the Columbia river gorge on a cold but clear morning. The tank cars are headed back to Tioga, ND for another load of crude oil after leaving BP's ARCO re... (more)

A spotless T4 leds an Ogden, UT to Portland, OR manifest past some of the few remaining searchlight signals on UP's Portland sub. The Tier 4 loco Ace was running solo on the head end with two remo... (more)

A UP Seattle, WA to Gilliam, OR trash train is running through a snow storm as it glides along the Columbia river. The snow would continue to pile up leading to the closure of I84 and Washington S... (more)

BNSF has been somewhat short of power so the crew on this Vancouver. WA to Pasco Wa manifest was given two low horsepower GEEPs to haul 7500 plus tons of freight in the snow through the gorge. Eve... (more)

Almost 4 years after the UP/SP merger, no much has changed on Beaumont Hill in this scene A UP C44-9W leads a UP manifest under the searchlight signal bridge in Ordway, CA. The lead unit would be ... (more)