Essex is a lonely spot in California's Mojave Desert, on the former Santa Fe mainline between Los Angeles and Chicago. BNSF Railway train S-CLOSCO1-01A, powered by the typical assortment of ES44D... (more)

This train, the Union Pacific MRORV, was the second of three bunched up westbound trains I saw this day on Silver Zone Pass. It was behind the BNSF QPVS8J and ahead of a loaded coal train destined... (more)

A southbound oil train from the Bakken Fields of North Dakota hauls 100 tanker cars through Oroville, California on a perfect October morning. In the distance, the DPUs of this train cross a bridg... (more)

Another wild BNSF lashup heads west into Kingman Canyon.

Fall color was absolutely stunning at Elkhorn Tunnel as NS train 17M head west with UP 7730 on the point.

A Union Pacific manifest slows to a halt as it nears the end of the siding at the summit of the Blue Mountains. After waiting for a train to pass, the manifest will highball Kamela after blocking ... (more)

While trackwork continues on the Leamington Cutoff, UP is sending trains from Salt Lake City to Lynndyl via the Provo and Sharp Subdivisions. A colorful Global 3 to ICTF "K-Line" stacke... (more)

Westbound passing East Barstow

This is a loaded oil train out of Tioga, ND, bound for unloading at Philadelphia, PA, via interchange with the CSXT in Chicago. Here the train works along the Mississippi River near Lock and Dam #... (more)

A newer 8100 series GE leads this eastbound up Beaumont Hill.

An K-Line stack train heads east through Weber Canyon running 'wrong main' around Maintenance of Way at Taggart on Oct. 3, 2014.

Hola amigo!

There's frost on the crossties as BNSF 6747 East heads into the rising sun while negotiating the tight arc at Austin, MT on a September morn. The manifest is on the siding as Austin is a frequent ... (more)

Two leased EMD's lead two more home-rail EMD's out of the CTC island at Towner with a lengthy Minot, ND to Northtown, MN manifest in tow. Three sidings on the Devils Lake Sub have been converted t... (more)

Clouds from a passing cold front linger as this eastbound charges through Medicine Bow, Wyoming and gets a run into the long grade to Wilcox.