L516 made quick work of a small one car pick up at New Richmond, tucking it in behind the power (normally they pick up on the rear of the train). This put them out at Cylon when the sun set, the s... (more)

An eastbound empty unit oil train runs along the Cabinet Gorge Reservoir west of Noxon, MT. Running on the MRL, this line will be going back to BNSF in just under 4 months when the lease is termin... (more)

Train L517 is charging through the fresh snow at New Richmond, WI on CN's Minneapolis Sub. A wild turkey shows no alarm as it strolls leisurely across the mainline. The rest of his rafter was alre... (more)

An eastbound Z train hustles along the north bank of the Columbia River headed for Pasco and points east. Between here and Pasco a wildfire broke out this morning just uphill from the mainline pos... (more)

A modest five car train is dwarfed by the Joso Bridge over the Snake River, Union Pacific's largest, in southeast Washington. It's been a dry summer and the sun is slightly muted by the smoke from... (more)

The local on the Minneapolis Sub has reached Colfax on a bitterly cold but sunny morning. This stretch of weather was light on snow here but the temperature is stubbornly below zero. They are brin... (more)

Winter weather has finally arrived in earnest in Wisconsin. Snow and wind started to impact central and southern Wisconsin yesterday. The added difficulty of railroading in the snow has delayed th... (more)

Normally the scheduled road train over the Minneapolis Sub does photographers no favors, often passing at night. In spring 2020 however, CN was in the midst of a large construction project as they... (more)

F40s were the dominant power on long-distance Amtrak trains through the 1980s and early 1990s. The Empire Builder embodies the look of the era well back in 1993 as it passes through the University... (more)

L574 zooms over County Road N east of Colfax. This local runs west from CF Yard (Chippewa Falls) serving customers as far west as needed before returning. There are quite a few of these old piling... (more)

There was a lot more cold and more snow 4 years ago. With one GE up front and one on the rear, this oil empty speeds along on the way back to Canada. The DPU clatters over the Barron Sub switch as... (more)

The local train on CN's Barron Sub has been parked over the cold winter weekend and has the icicles to show for it. The low sun hasn't brought much warmth and the L520 crew has just started the tr... (more)

Another favorite railroad has passed into the history books. As 2023 draws to a close so does the lease of the old Northern Pacific mainline through the Rockies by Montana Rail Link. One of the ne... (more)

An empty BNSF "trash train" is in the process of easing onto the mainline of the Fallbridge Sub as it departs the yard at Roosevelt, WA. Republic Services operates a large landfill on to... (more)

The engineer of an eastbound coal load provides a friendly wave as his train prepares to duck under US20 west of Van Tassel in far eastern Wyoming. Predecessor Chicago & North Western's western ar... (more)