A Montana Western Railway freight departs Silver Bow, Montana, powered by a quartet of leased Rarus Railway EMD GP9s, still decorated in the same colors when delivered new to predecessor Butte, An... (more)

This area is known as South Draw deep in Tunnel District of Rio Grande's Moffat Road. The natural horseshoe of South Draw is used by the railroad to gain elevation on the climb to the Continental... (more)

Farmrail's junction at Clinton, Oklahoma on May 6, 2019 provides the location for this scene of GNBC power standing on the former Rock Island main running east to west, the former Santa Fe found i... (more)

BN GP30 is at the end of a light power move at Interbay in Seattle, WA while SD45 6415 (X-NP) leads a freight into town having completed a trip west over Stevens Pass.

13 month old BN was still pretty colorful as shown here with an eastbound "hotshot" leaving St. Paul at Dayton's Bluff on trackage shared with Milwaukee Road, Rock Island and Chicago & N... (more)

Springtime thunderstorms gather over Tennessee Pass as a westbound Rio Grande freight descends the steep three-percent grade through the town of Red Cliff, Colorado, on the afternoon of May 24, 19... (more)

The Marietta local returns to the High Yard in Parkersburg, crossing the bridge over the Ohio River that comes into town. Today's short train has a solo GP38-2 running long hood forward and 2 carb... (more)

Illinois Central transfer at 21st St.

Getting a load out of Claremont Paper. As the cars got heavier and the engines more tired, it was sometimes necessary to use two locomotives to get up this grade and around this tight curve. It co... (more)

A rebuilt Rock Island GP-7 leads seven Southern SD-24 units detouring west on the former Wabash.

Little Joe E70 is lead helper for Milwaukee Road westbound hot-shot 171 West at Stetson, ID. The road freight that originated in Chicago will soon arrive in Avery, where it will change crews. Also... (more)

We're just over 10,000 feet high in elevation here at the top of Cumbres Pass in southwestern Colorado just after a 40 minute snow squall had come through. Below is a Cumbres & Toltec Scenic freig... (more)

Passing a harvested wheat field, BNSF’s Chewelah Turn nears Deer Park, Washington, on October 12, 2018, powered by an impressive A-B-B-B-B-A consist of GP60M No. 105, GP60B Nos. 331, 335, 344 and ... (more)

I'm standing on the old Hy33 overhead looking west towards Milwaukee Road's Portage Yard as Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder enters the west end of the Milwaukee Road's Portage Interlocking at 50... (more)

Springfield Terminal GE 44 tonner #1 is seen crossing the dual toll bridge over the Connecticut River and arriving at Charlestown, NH from Springfield, VT. The Springfield Terminal Railway was eve... (more)