An MRL gas train navigates S curves along the Flathead River east of Perma, MT behind MRL SD70Aces 4406 and 4408. The gas train typical makes two round trips daily between Missoula, MT and Thompso... (more)

A BNSF empty coal train rolls across the Noxon bridge over the Clark Fork just west of Noxon, MT on Montana Rail Link. An NS GE provides a sort of Halloween look to this autumn image.

A BNSF grain train adds a bit of additional color to the beautiful green and gold along the Clark Fork at Noxon, MT. The train is on Montana Rail Link and soon will return to BNSF trackage at Sand... (more)

A CN ore train descends Proctor Hill on Duluth's west end behind a GE C40-8M and a pair of standard cab Dash-8s. The train is a dock run from Proctor Yard.

BNSF and CSX GEs team up to roll a westbound manifest freight along the Mississippi River at Alma, WI below the bluffs. Wisconsin's west coast is unlike the rest of the state as trains roll along ... (more)

A westbound Soo Line freight is ready to depart Irvine Yard at Chippewa Falls, WI in February 1972. The vintage F and Geep make a nice pair in the sunny snow. Note the masking tape on the nose doo... (more)

The eastbound Canadian climbs up Kicking Horse Pass near the top of the pass and the Alberta border. This train length is the perfect "model train".

The Canadian rolls east at Ottertail, BC near Field on its approach to the climb over Kicking Horse Pass into Alberta. A splendid view this morning from the dome.

A pair of CN SD40-2Ws wait out the snow storm in the Fraser Canyon near the Hope depot. At this moment, nature is winning, but within the next day things will start to get back to normal.

It's blue light hour at Boston Bar, BC and the Super Continental has arrived for its station stop and head end crew change. A CN caboose shows off its markers in the background and two other westb... (more)

Amtrak's Leavenworth Snow Train arrives at the station near Leavenworth in the midst of mountains and orchards. The full train will unload into school buses for the short ride into town and the em... (more)

CEFX 1012 leads a Lake Superior & Ishpeming mine run through Palmer Junction after leaving Tilden Mine. The train is returning to Eagle Mills, MI where it will later head about 10 miles east to th... (more)

CP 6018 and 5946 layover at Red Wing, MN with their rail train. Looking a little worse for wear, the 6018 still sports the CP Rail 1980s scheme including the multi-mark logo on the rear of the hoo... (more)

Climate change in eastern Montana is alive and well as an eastbound coal train gets help from DPUs BNSF 6135 and BNSF 9258 rolling a mile east of Hathaway along the Yellowstone River valley. Sunbr... (more)

MRL 259 runs long hood first with a Jimbo work train headed east at Belknap after working the west end of the Montana Rail Link during the week. MRL 259 is former BN 6324, built in November 1971, ... (more)