CN 8825 waits for a signal to clear so it can proceed up Steelton Hill and head north to Ft. Francis, ON and Winnipeg. The train is on former DMIR trackage which has undergone major improvements w... (more)

CN 2445 leads two GM units on a long freight headed east into Hinton en route to Edmonton, AB. The train has just left Jasper National Park.

VIA 6402 eases the Canadian through S curves and rock cuts at English as the train approaches its Jasper, Alberta station stop.

VIA 6427 leads the Canadian along the shore of Brule Lake (Athabasca River) just out of Swan Landing. Passengers have enjoyed a daylight trip through Jasper National Park and will arrive in Edmont... (more)

VIA observation gets a window cleaning during the Canadian's station stop at Jasper, Alberta.

CN 5614 arrives in Jasper, Alberta while the VIA Canadian gets serviced during its station stop. CN offices are in the background beyond the locomotive, across the tracks from the passenger statio... (more)

MRL 4406 leads the morning gas train east along the Flathead River between Perma and Dixon, MT on its way back from East Thompson Falls to Missoula.

BNSF 9230 leads an empty coal train over the Clark Fork at bridge 57 near Trout Creek, MT under somewhat threatening skies.

BNSF 6175 and a red and silver Dash 9 head an empty coal train around Trinidad Loop on their climb from the Columbia River up to Quincy, WA. The train re-crewed at Wenatchee and is headed to Hause... (more)

MILW 24 leads its train out of a forested cut and onto their bridge over the Yakima River west of Easton, WA on its relatively easy climb up the east slope of Snoqualmie Pass.

CN 2233 and an x-BC Rail cowled GE accelerate their freight out of Jasper at English on their way east towards Edmonton, AB.

A BNSF freight hustles northwest toward St. Paul/Minneapolis below the bluffs at Nelson, WI racing the setting sun.

After a day long maintenance window, BNSF got things rolling through Alma with several westbound freights including this manifest led by BNSF 7172 with a bit of help from CSX.

UP 8090 rolls by signal 56.8 with a sand train headed for the Twin Cities, near Knapp, WI on the old C&NW Twin Cities main.

BNSF 1549 and a rebuilt SD75M head a local northwest through Alma, WI along the Mississippi River at Lock and Dam no. 4. This was the only train to operate this day through Alma between 9 and 5 pm... (more)