Canadian National Train #571 lifts its tonnage of empty freight cars up Pavilion Mountain. The train is on a 2.2% ascending grade. The terrain the ex BC Rail crosses in the first 300 miles from N... (more)

BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest descends the Moffat Road in heavy snow. This location is very popular with rail fans for its ease of access and spectacular scenery.

It is a gloomy, soggy day in the Wasatch Mountains. An ex Southern Pacific AC4400 lifts another load of Carbon County coal up the Price River Canyon. All 8 big AC motors can be seen in this view ... (more)

EMD Demonstrator 1206 leads a empty coal train under the flanks of the Rocky Mountains. The locomotives are doing traction testing on the high elevation, grades and curves of Union Pacific's Moffa... (more)

Fresh from the factory UP8031 digs into the 10 degree curves of the Austin Loops on the 2.2% battle for Mullan Pass. The rail was still wet from a passing storm, and sounds of slipping wheels, R... (more)

CN Train #571 climbs the 2.2% near Glen Fraser, BC. The second more is a BC Rail C44-9W running on home rails. For several Highway 99 skirts the ROW on its way up Pavillion Mountain.

Metra F40PHM-2 199 leads a commuter train out of Chicago Union Station. In the back ground Hostlers switch tracks with venerable Metra 3, a SW1200 built for the Milwaukee Road. The Tall building ... (more)

Hostlers on SW1200 Metra 3 built for the Milwaukee Road move two recently acquired F59PHIs into the Metra shops. The F59PHIs are now in service with Metra...

A new Union Pacific GEVO leads a westbound Boardman coal train up Mullan Pass at Skyline. The Union Pacific power is somewhat uncommon for this train, even though the train will interchange with... (more)

A new Tier IV GEVO leads a eastbound potash empty into the the Black Canyon. The deep fragile canyon lies on the mainlines of the CN and CP railroads along the Thompson River near Ashcroft, BC. ... (more)

Train 571 is Northbound curling thru the ten degree curves that mark the start of the 2%+ grade of Kelly Lake Hill. This section of the ex. BC Rail is also referred to as the Pavillion Mountain G... (more)

Train 571 is Northbound along the banks of Seton Lake about to enter the small mountain town of Lillooet, BC. The clear icy waters of the lake reach a amazing depth of 1500 feet!!! The cliffs m... (more)

The vast painted badlands of Wyoming have always amazed me. It wasn't until a few years ago that some good friends introduced me to this portion of the BNSF that runs thru some of the amazing rock... (more)

A classic MRL SD40 leads the Laurel-Missoula manifest. The train was quite usual this day as it had a huge cut of Abrams tanks that can be seen rounding the curve above the cut.

The MRL laurel-Missoula manifest train is heavy with refurbished M1 Abrams tanks. This is quite a un-common site for this train, but made for a very heavy train. The head-end consisted of a SD40 l... (more)