Montana Rail Link's westbound Gas Local skirts the partially frozen Clark Fork River just east of Thompson Falls, Montana. A former Southern Pacific SD45 leads the train with an SD70ACe trailing. ... (more)

Assisted by a 40mph tailwind and the Whitefish helpers, S-TACCHC1-18A sails up the grade at Grizzly on a bone-chilling winter evening east of the Rocky Mountains. The trailing unit died on the cl... (more)

Like a small red worm, the train of the Rhaetian Railway is following the 1 meter gauge track through the alpine landscape from Ospizio Bernina towards Alp Grüm, then it will follow the 7.0 % gra... (more)

Steamscape: Inspiration Point. The White Pass Rotary Fleet claws its way past Inspiration Point en route to another day of operations to clear the line for the opening of the tourist season... (more)

A quartet of CN SD60Fs lead train M347 across the Pembina River between Entwistle and Evansburg, Alberta. It's been a long time since a consist like this graced the Edson Sub with its presence, es... (more)

Snaking through several reverse curves a BCRail southward train descends the 2.2% Pavilion Mountain grade closely following the Fraser River. The division point of Lillooet lies about 10 miles ah... (more)

At 8:58 am the first of the morning light illuminates the valley of the New River Gorge as westbound mixed freight Q303 and its eight car consist snake their way through Backus, and soon to be Qui... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe grain train descends Union Pacific's Provo Subdivision at Gilluly, Utah. As a condition of the UP-SP merger in 1996, the BNSF was granted trackage rights along the f... (more)

Deschutes Steam Special - SP 4449 led 12 beautiful cars through the scenic Oregon Trunk on a two day excursion. Great weather, wonderful people, amazing crew and a a beautiful train provided for a... (more)

Canadian Pacific train No. 409 curves through Mink Tunnel along the spectacular shoreline of Lake Superior at Coldwell, Ontario. In my notebook from 1993, it says it was a one hour climb up to thi... (more)

The crew of Montana Rail Link's Gas Local has just finished swapping loads for empties at Pipeline (just east of Thompson Falls), and is on it's way back to Missoula. Montana Rail Link SD40-2XR (r... (more)

This eastbound coal train was photographed on Marent Viaduct east of Evaro, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s 10th Subdivision. Even though the SD60M on the lead has been stenciled with a small BN... (more)

A BNSF eastbound freight on Montana Rail Link, meanders through the beautiful Montana countryside west of Avon, Montana. In the distance are the snow-covered peaks of the Flint Creek Range. The ea... (more)

Near the southern edge of Death Valley, A Trona Railway freight heads toward the UP connection at Searles, California, moments before sunset on March 15, 2004. The train is passing the Pinnacle Na... (more)

Just a few seconds before the train filled the scene and much to my amazement, a plane banks out of Little Gore Canyon far below me. I was so mesmerized by the plane I just about forgot to take my... (more)