OmniTRAX 3123 (SD40M-2) runs long hood forward as it drops off a freight into the BNSF North Yard in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Burlington Northern EMD GP38-2 No. 2353 leads a southbound BNSF freight through Tunnel 2 in rugged Wind River Canyon just south of Dornick on October 13, 1997.

CSX loaded grain train G139 works up the grade from the Etowah River

Funny how time changes perspectives. At the time I was pretty mad that UP decided to start using their own power on these coal trains from Wellington starting the week I had flown out there to sho... (more)

After grabbing a shot of this train under cloudy skies at Portage, I like the train headed north for Anchorage. As I got near Girdwood I could see that it was likely the sun would dip below the cl... (more)

This shot of a Utah Ry. loaded coal train is the fourth in a series of this same train I’ve posted here on Railpictures. I started by following the empty train as it rolled eastward down Utah’... (more)

Geep Renaissance: The Alaska Railroad powered a rail train with 5 Geeps. Seen here at Brookman with 3 GP40-2s and 2 GP38-2s in 3 separate paint schemes. To make things even better the rear of the ... (more)

CSX P918-23 runs track speed of 60mph at River Holdout as it heads north for Kentucky. The train is carrying executives as they conduct an inspection of the southern half of the system over 4 days... (more)

La Veta Pass With the PRLX SD70M having had mechanical issues the day before, the F40 that does not usually see service on the hill comes along just incase issues happen again. The power i... (more)

There’s a traffic jam of freight trains at Rocky, Colorado, on the morning of June 24, 2000. Union Pacific’s MDVGJX, an extra Denver to Grand Junction train, holds the main line at Rocky. On t... (more)

Very sad, one of the most spectacular railroads worldwide, the 1 meter gauge line Chañaral - Llanta - Potrerillos, is shut down since march 2015, largely destroyed between Llanta and Chañaral by... (more)

A EMD veteran brings loaded Savannah, GA bound coke train W221 through the first of many cuts on the Southside of Cumberland Mountain. The howl of the 40's dynamics could be heard for miles before... (more)

An unidentified QJ is hard at work on a freight train. Seen south of Lindong in 2003.

Three Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors push on a westbound Southern Pacific taconite ore train at Kyune, Utah, climbing the eastern grade of Soldier Summit. Passing the helpers is lone Utah Ra... (more)

Penn Central train NS-1 (New Haven/Cedar Hill to Selkirk via Springfield) climbs the Berkshire hills through Huntington, MA behind an ex-NYC U25B and an ex-NH RS-11, RS-3, and GP9.