Another lucky one. Driving just south of Doyle, I found this monster WB grain drag just as the sun came over the Nevada mountains. She was 206 cars long with 3 mid-train helpers 102 cars back and ... (more)

A coal load tops the 3% section below Pando on Tennessee Pass. The train is struggling against multiple curves some as tight as 12 degrees at Stillwater under a steady light rain. This location w... (more)

A westbound BNSF coal train sits with its head end just short of Head Lane west of Helena, Montana, late in the day of July 5, 2001. Two sets of helpers are being added to the “heavy” down at ... (more)

CP's eastbound intermodal hotshot freight train rolls east from Golden, BC through Kicking Horse Canyon powered by three GMD SD40-2s and a pair of big MLWs.

One of the huge losses insofar as scenic lines was the Rio Grande route via Tennessee Pass that carried just enough traffic to keep things interesting. I was working as relief agent at Minturn and... (more)

CP 5592 rolls a freight train west through the Thompson River Canyon west of Spences Bridge, BC. The 7th car behind the locos is an icicle breaker car that was used to protect open auto racks from... (more)

On a winter day, Boston & Maine train SPPO (Springfield, MA, to Portland, ME) coils off the Connecticut River Line connecting track as it approaches the yard at East Deerfield, MA, behind a pair o... (more)

CP 434826, an older repainted steel caboose brings up the rear of an eastbound freight cruising along the bank of the Thompson River east of Spences Bridge, BC. The freight featured a group of wor... (more)

CP 5716 and a GP9 lead a freight train east from Spences Bridge towards Ashcroft, BC along the Thompson River Valley. The train featured a number of 40 ft. boxcars and bulkhead flats with wrapped ... (more)

The small Mallet 440 008 is on its way to Asmara with a short freight train.

Mixt-Train

Sporting the traditional white flags designating an extra movement, a set of Boston & Maine RDCs chartered by the Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts poses at the east portal of Hoosac Tunnel i... (more)

Uphill freight train emerges from Tunnel 4 on its climb towards Shangdian.

A heavy San Antonio (Kirby Yard) to West Colton freight struggles upgrade at the Cabazon crossovers in the early afternoon. This train later stalled at MP 570 after loosing both midtrain remotes, ... (more)