A clean consist of BNSF power lifts a morning coal load up Mullan Pass. The steep compensated grade here is 2.2% and requires 8 big AC locomotives to get this heavily laden unit train up the Conti... (more)

Norfolk Southern heritage unit NS8114 struggles up the grade toward Dismal Yard with an empty unit train for Sun Coke. The Buchanan Branch is a busy coal artery deep in the Hollers of Western Vir... (more)

An underpowered westbound Canadian National westbound manifest slugs it out over the Cisco bridges on its journey to Vancouver. The scenic and often photographed location is deep in the confines... (more)

The Battle for Raitt Mountain begins here at Virginia 700 road crossing, as the tracks round Thomas Mountain. The State-of the-Art AC traction Pushers based out of Weller Yard are shouldering har... (more)

A chill is in the air as rain pours down on the east slope of Raitt Mountain. The whine of prime movers and the squeal of traction controlled drivers on wet rail could be heard as this coal load t... (more)

A cold November Rain has been falling all morning on Raitt Mountain in Buchanan County, Virginia. This mountain grade is one of the steepest on the Norfolk Southern at 1.7%, and the wet rail ha... (more)

A westbound stack train claws at the 2.2% grade across skyline Trestle. This rock out cropping has long been a favorite place to spend a lazy summer afternoon.... You can watch trains here for a ... (more)

A westbound coal load thunders around Iron Ridge on its climb for Mullan Pass. Mid-train are 4 MRL heavy SD70ACE swing helpers.... Mullan Pass is one of the best places to witness modern mountain... (more)

With Austin siding now extended to Weed, train meets here are very frequent. A westbound manifest is about to meet a eastbound grain train on this new short section of "Double Track" o... (more)

SP262 charges up the heavy grade at West Mitchell. The train is sitting on the longest sustained portion of 3% grade on Tennessee Pass. The head-end is about to enter a short section of the origin... (more)

Burlington Northern lives in Sheep Canyon.... The BNSF (BN) Cowley Turn charges out of Sheep Canyon on the return leg to Greybull, Wyoming. The deep defile along the banks of the Big Horn River is... (more)

Four big DC motors dig into the steep mountain grade at Skyline, MT. The heavy coal load is crossing Skyline Trestle and is less than 1 mile from Blossburg Tunnel.

Canadian National Manifest 570 is easing down the grade at Bridge 56.6, deep in the Cheakamus River Canyon. The heavy southbound is in full dynamics as the hill here is a steep 2.2% decent to the ... (more)

Grand Canyon of Canada is what many call the deep defile along the Upper Fraser River. It is officially called the Fraser River Canyon. The long 2.2% former British Columbia Railway grade north o... (more)

A westbound loaded unit oil train negotiates the 10 degree curves on the approach to Skyline Trestle. The train is passing thru the rock outcropping that is signature feature on Mullan Pass.