A BNSF coal train makes its way west on the Montana Rail Link near Trout Creek, MT along the frog pond formed by the causeway along the Clark Fork. Fall is in the foreground, but winter is in the ... (more)

Duluth and Northeastern 2-8-0 no. 28 puts on a show as it handles a Northern Pacific Ry. Historical Society charter on a day trip between Duluth and Two Harbors. Depots at both cities are now muse... (more)

An Lake Superior & Ishpeming dock crew works their ore dock near Marquette, MI while the Herbert C. Jackson ore carrier takes on taconite ore. The ship will leave later that evening. While visitin... (more)

While heading to Munger from Proctor, MN to catch a shot of a westbound CN manifest, I detoured onto Jeffrey Rd. to look for a shot. This is a blind crossing requiring care in checking for rail tr... (more)

A CP rail train smokes up the brakes as it descends the grade off Kicking Horse Pass into Field, BC. The trio of vintage Geeps are headed up by GP7 no. 8418, which seemed far less common than the ... (more)

BNSF 5394 leads a trio of GEs representing three out of four BNSF color schemes applied to GE units as it races an empty grain train west through Alma, WI in late afternoon after a day long work w... (more)

LS&I U30C nos. 3000 and 3009 pull a trainload of ore headed for their dock out of Tilden Mine at Empire Jct. between Palmer and Eagle Mills, MI. No. 3000 was built in April 1974 as BN 5931, and li... (more)

CEFX 1012 has an LS&I trainload of dock ore on the move at Empire Jct. near Palmer, MI. The train is being handled by one of the morning crews returning from Tilden Mine to Eagle Mills. Later a do... (more)

CNW GP50 5089 leads a UP C30-7 and SD40-2 on an eastbound Falcon Service intermodal train at Sterling, IL. The two year old Geep is one of 50 acquired by the railroad, and the last new 4 axle loco... (more)

Looking like somewhere on Stevens Pass in Washington state, BNSF 8204 cuts through trees and rocks in rainy weather at Palmer Jct. in upper Michigan. The train is a CN train from Gladstone, MI whi... (more)

A Milwaukee Road freight exits the best trackage it will experience between Tacoma and at least Miles City, MT. Maple Valley trackage was the former Pacific Coast, then BN (through the GN), and MI... (more)

The Canadian offers vista dome passengers glorious sunny views on this early spring morning as the train nears Field, BC passing through the curves at Ottertail. Ahead is the climb over Kicking Ho... (more)

Three SD45s and an SD40 have ample power to keep CNW train 483 on its schedule. Just out of Altoona, the train is rolling west through Eau Claire along the Uniroyal tire plant just east of the for... (more)

A pair of GP9us led by ATSF 2251 handle a couple gondola cars through crossovers along Santa Fe's mainline at Argentine Yard in Kansas City. They show off the traditional yellow and blue warbonnet... (more)

The morning crew returns to Eagle Mills with its loaded ore train completing its round trip to Tilden Mine. Later a dock job will deliver the cars to the dock near Marquette, MI.