The Laurel to Missoula road freight is trying to get up to speed after leaving Toston siding following a coal train after meeting 1. The train rolls along between highway 287 and the Missouri Rive... (more)
CN "mudhens" 5090 & 5198 exit the CN mainline with a westbound freight and enter CP's Mission-Huntingdon branch to head across the Fraser River and access the CP main into Vancouver. Thi... (more)
The grade and curvature are quickly increasing and the train speed is dropping as this empty coal train enters the depths of Clover Creek Canyon.
The rare locotrol-equipped 4-axle unit leads light power. Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.
Back when freight moved on this grade a northbound train is preparing for the climb. Excuse me if I don't show up to see the bicycles. Photo by Leroy Robl. From my collection.
CP 5832 leads an empty sulfur train eastward up Kicking Horse Pass out of Field, BC. The train is exiting a tunnel and snow sheds as it approaches an ice field slide area. The train will continue ... (more)
CN SD40-2W no. 5276 and CN SD40 5155 slide a westbound train through Matsqui, BC as the late day February sun pops through storm clouds in the Fraser Valley. I believe this train was headed to Tho... (more)
Leaning into a curve is Union Pacific train ZLAAI-19, a UPS Expedited Intermodal train making its way from Los Angeles CA to Atlanta GA. Climbing up southern California’s San Timoteo Canyon as ... (more)
Cross the Jiangling River Valley
A pair of GE motors lead a westbound vehicle train around the high speed curve of Hackberry as it kicks up freshly fallen snow.
Freight train on Kastel Stari - Labin Dalmatinski stretch
CP 9815 Rolls West Along The Fraser River On Approach To Hydro.
The sun had just popped out at the end of an overcast day to highlight the DPU of an eastbound loaded CSX coal train as rolls past the Amtrak flag stop in Alderson, WV. It was one of those "... (more)
Empty coal train on the S-curve at Sully Springs on a lovely summer day a few years back. I wasn't sure he was going to get sun, but he did...barely.