A746 sits silent this morning in the Alabama portion of the West Point siding. In a few hours this solo SD40-3 will begin the southbound journey to Notasulga as it works the customers of Knauf In... (more)

Freight liner 2071 is the Japanese longest-distance train, connecting Sapporo freight terminal, Hokkaido Island and Fukuoka freight terminal, Kyushu Island. Its second morning is celebrated by the... (more)

NKP 767 pauses at sunset at the The Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's open house and members appreciation day on 8/20/16. As part of the celebration NKP 765 was dressed up as NKP 767 to cel... (more)

Right place, right time. Not long before sunrise, the sky is ablaze with color as a westbound coal drag rolls across the former B&O mainline to Chicago.

Before I go out I tried to see where the sun will set down the tracks to where I am going. That way if I get lucky enough to get a train in the last minutes of the day maybe I can get a sunset/ris... (more)

I remember eating dinner with a friend of mine, who's an engineer for the BNSF out Lincoln, NE, who told me "there's nothing like controlling a 16,000 ton coal train and watching an amazing s... (more)

NKP 767 pauses at sunset during the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society's open house and members appreciation day held 8/20/16. As part of the celebration NKP 765 was dressed up as NKP 767 to c... (more)

A BNSF switcher works the yard at Winslow as the sun sets. The view is from La Posada, the restored Harvey House on Route 66 in Winslow.

In the shade of a humid overcast evening, two Ferromex GEVO's are the power on the point of a hot hopper train zipping through Ironton at track speed bound for the yard at Portsmouth. In the back... (more)

The 1st train after sunrise was this hotshot from Willow Springs to Kansas Logistic Park Z-train. These trains are normally kind of small, so they make good time. The train is seen here 53 miles w... (more)

The Alaska Railroad runs an extra southbound military train headed for the Port of Anchorage, seen here about to cross Fireweed Road. This is the first time I have seen a solid train of 80 cars of... (more)

A long eastbound manifest rolls through Elm Creek in the waning hours of a summer day.

Although it's hard to see at this early morning hour, a lengthy 49 car A746 is tied down in the West Point siding. Making up the train from rear to front are 22 empty coil cars from Kia, 20 empty... (more)