On the Minntac sub heading north to the largest taconite processing facility in the world to load iron ore pellets.

UP 3095 brings up the rear of an eastbound manifest at El Casco.

Westbound symbol ZALTSBD passes the Cargill grain mill at Verdemont.

Loads out of Minntac are back on the Two Harbors Sub for the 70 or so miles back to their destination at Two Harbors. The train pokes around the Iron Jct Wye at 10 mph, before getting back up to s... (more)

CN 527 is heading east as it passes the tail end DPU of CN B730.

D6732 departing Weybourne.

The California Zephyr runs past Barr Lake in Brighton, Colorado as it heads to Denver on the Brush Sub at sunrise.

Seattle's skyline, as seen from across Elliott Bay. A tug boat pulls a barge with rail cars upon it – bulkhead flats with lumber and at least one wood chip car – a not uncommon sight in these ... (more)

Formed in 1998 as a successor to the old Harbor Belt Line, the Pacific Harbor Line is a Class III railroad that serves the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest harbors in the Western h... (more)

A Galesburg to Kansas City freight lumbers along thru the northern Missouri countryside. The train is working west on the BNSF Marceline Sub. A pair of KCS motors were a neat treat for us on a nor... (more)

3 units lead a late Westbound #3 at Verdemont.

Raphine Rush: NS 8001 leads manifest train NS 11Z southbound through the soon-to-be-expired N&W CPLs at control point Pkin in Raphine, Virginia, as it makes a push for Roanoke, Virginia, before d... (more)

The Colorado Rocky Mountains are white with snow as BNSF 7607 (ES44DC) leads an oil train through the curve at Crescent, Colorado.

Lots of Ex CEFX bluebirds at the shop.

Hey, You Never Know. On the morning of Wednesday, April 24 2024, Metropolitan Transportation Authority MTA NYC Subway 1196-1200 (Bombardier, 2002-2003, R-142 option order) was traveling dow... (more)