Into the storm
With four cars for Helena Yard, Montana Rail Link’s Helena local climbs Winston Hill past milepost 215 and toward some stormy weather east of Winston Montana, on the af... (more)

A pair of Milwaukee Road EMD SD10s power a train through La Grange Park, Illinois, as it approaches the Harding Avenue grade crossing while working southward on the Indiana Harbor Belt/B&OCT main ... (more)

It’s 10:05 p.m. as an eastbound BNSF unit train slinks its way through Lombard Canyon and past illuminated Toston Dam between Toston and Lombard, Montana. Even at this late hour, the pretty suns... (more)

Palmer Delight A very foggy and flocked snowy spring sunrise at Greenland, CO under the Palmer Divide.

A Slim Princess Sunset. The setting sun bursts through the cab windows of Southern Pacific Locomotive #18, the "Slim Princess", as a clear, chilly March day comes to an end in the... (more)

Alpenglow. A combination of direct sunlight and diffracted light ("alpenglow") illuminates the peaks of the Sierra on the west side of the Owens Valley as a Southern Pacific crew ... (more)

BNSF 7798 Leads a three unit Intermodal train over the TN River, after some severe storms just plowed through and moved off to the East. The sky still looked eerie and amazing at the same time.

UP 6504 leads CSX I131 as it heads westbound onto the Columbus Subdivision from the Mt. Victory Subdivision in Marion.

Union Pacific Thoroughbreds The crew of the steam program at Union Pacific Railroad set out to record the last time 844, 4014, and 3985 will ever be together again in the steam house i... (more)

Lite power from Dilworth to Mandan heads west into the North Dakota prairie after a day of strong winds and powdery snow. The engineer gave a big wave once the snow cleared and that was a fitting ... (more)

The Pocono turn is passing Bestway lumber in Cresco and leaning into the curve at the station. The crew is racing the sun and the clock after going all the way to Delaware Water Gap now headed wes... (more)

The sun has just risen over the community of Baron, OK where a southbound coal train cruises down the Kansas City Southern mainline on a clear and chilly Monday, March 27, 2023.

Framed just south of Agricola, MS, an empty BNSF coal set breaks the silence of the cool night as they roll north on the Mississippi Export Railroad. The 135 car train has just unloaded at the Vic... (more)

After a full day of strong winds and challenging conditions, BNSF dispatched a set of 6 motors to clear drifts on the Jamestown Sub. They're seen here passing the DPU of a coal load that has been ... (more)

H27 pauses at one of many manually protected crossings on the Area H spur while the tail end crew cleans out a switch and come up with a plan to switch out customers after.