CN 2273 just makes it over Byron Hill with the help of 2 helpers.

After winter storm Isabella dropped 10" of snow on the Oshkosh Sub, WSOR sent a plow extra ahead of the daily road train.

After winter storm Isabella dropped 10" of snow on the Oshkosh Sub, WSOR sent a plow extra ahead of the daily road train.

This is CN 2273's 2nd attempt at Byron Hill, climbing very slowly even with helpers pushing from behind.

Stuck!!! Eight hours of digging still could not free the 13-car train under it's own power.

Stuck!!! Not so much by the drifts ahead of the movement but by the press of the concrete-like snow on the sides of the train.

The forecast called for snow flurries. Well, we got snow flurries alright... five inches of snow flurries. The train on the left is the M-SUPMIN, the passing train is a Clay Boswell coal empty f... (more)

After two storms dumped 20 inches of snow across the northland, an arctic blast has put its grip across the region as this SD70ACe put in on the house track with a SD70MAC wait in the silence of t... (more)

With a plow on the front and back of the consist the Cedar Rapids local makes its way north on the branch towards Manchester. Due to no turning facilities at Cedar Rapids the local has been bringi... (more)

The approaching roar of the GE's on the point of this EB stack train was quite a prelude to this illuminating shot of the train crossing the Foss River.

9,000 feet high in The Rocky Mountains a winter storm moves in while a westbound BNSF freight climbs the grade at East Portal on the approach to the Moffat Tunnel. UP 6354 waits for clearance east... (more)

CP's daily Chicago-Toronto train waits for a crew change on this snowy February day. The blizzard conditions had greatly reduced the yard visibility, and at times white outs were experienced, mak... (more)

A sign warning of remote controlled operations guards the southwest entrance to CSX's Wyoming, MI., yard on a snowy February afternoon. The day featured blizzard conditions and "white outs," maki... (more)

Life on the Pokey ain't no piece of cake. A pusher set heads west in a snowstorm in full swing in the Tug Valley.

A nice looking trio of GEs keeps this empty all-rail ore train moving through a blizzard the day before Christmas.