Zephyr Bar
Where shiny stainless-steel Zephyrs once traveled through on the busy route between Chicago and the Twin Cities, Burlington Northern Expediter (BN’s monicker for new 2-perso... (more)

With a new crew on duty, a North Platte, NE to TG Soda, WY manifest departs out of Cheyenne as a BNSF coal train departs as well with a new crew.

Old Gold. New Gold. 'Scots Guardsman' makes a powerful exit from Leeds as the sun goes down. Meanwhile the slumbering new generation look on in awe!

Rolling meet
A westbound Union Pacific grain train meets an eastbound coal train in the fading light of May 8, 1995. The graceful curve, nicknamed “Buttermilk Curve” is near West Fa... (more)

Blue light has set in on a September evening in Winston, Montana, as two BNSF trains meet on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision. The westbound grain train (coming at you) is still working hard to... (more)

Florida East Coast train 107, with FEC 708 and FEC 715, waits in the siding as the northbound train 222 slowly pulls up to a stop next to them on the main line. The crews will swap trains and the... (more)

Some might think getting trains on the UP East-West main at sunset might be easy, well most days it isn't, but today I lucked out to have this eastbound Council Bluffs to Proviso freight train rol... (more)

Some might think getting trains on the UP East-West main at sunset might be easy, well most days it isn't, but today I lucked out to have this eastbound Council Bluffs to Proviso freight train rol... (more)

The 2012 Coal Miner's Vacation has concluded and production is in full swing as a loaded export coal drag moves east on the main two in Handley. The once massive C&O yard at Handley hosted a subst... (more)

A southbound MGEX coal train heads south as evidenced by this pan shot.

An outbound Metra passes up an eastbound "Z" train. Although freights are rare during the rushes, the most common is eastbound "Z" trains.

In a perfectly timed meet, an eastbound coal train pounds upgrade behind a pair of SD70MACs as the DPU of a westbound manifest passes on main 1.

Lansing Iowa; a small quaint river town with a railroad running right through the middle of it. This once thriving town is now clinging for life on the tourist and boating industry on the Mississi... (more)

Rear engine helper Santa Fe 3406 helps a westbound down the 3% grade south track at Cajon Summit while a very dirty looking Santa Fe 5712 roars past with an eastbound intermodal hotshot.