I happened to be in Moab, UT when a friend reminded me that the once a week UP potash local runs on a Friday, wait thats today! All of my previous plans for the day were now pushed to the side as ... (more)

Autumn on the Hi Line
On October 8, 2018, a westbound BNSF grain train exits Tunnel 4 and curves along the Middle Fork of the Flathead River just east of West Glacier (Belton), Montana.

Unfortunately for those familiar with CW McCall's song "The Silverton Train," the Animas River Gorge only finds itself 230-ish feet from rail to river, as opposed to the 400-feet McCall ... (more)

On a cloudy august morning a BNSF Z train races over the Skykomish river.

The Delaware and Lackawanna Heritage Unit passes the town of Cresson after dark on a Norfolk Southern intermodal train. Over the course of 1 second, the drone kept pace with the train, creating th... (more)

CSX Grain Train Eastbound up and over the viaduct bridge in Evansville Indiana with leader CSX 914. The fields surrounding the bridge are all Soybeans this year.

For a few days this summer the usual SD70 pair for the gas local was broken up as #4408 was taken offline and replaced with #253, an SD40. This was a rare opportunity to see a conventional cab bac... (more)

A flared SD70MAC leads a short Q693 over Copper Creek headed south along the former Clinchfield.

As a moderate rainstorm rolls over the Rocky Mountains, BNSF empty grain train X INBBYN9 09M charges east over Skyline Trestle on a rainy, spring afternoon. Photo taken from Skyline, Montana on Ju... (more)

A lone SD40-2 (NS 6088) Local Decatur Alabama unit crosses the causeway over the TN River on its way to Madison Alabama for an industry nightly pickup of cars to bring back to the local Norfolk So... (more)

MRL's "Night Gas" accelerates out of a work window near Alberton, MT crossing Fish Creek trestle on the 4th subdivision.

With rays of light from the afternoon sun , CSX 592 Leads train 58309 with mixed freight , Southbound out of the Eastern end of the Cowan TN tunnel - CSX 544 trailing - 95 empties and 12 loaded ca... (more)

A Norfolk Southern intermodal train heads west through the woods just outside of Cresson. The bridge in the distance carries US Route 22. Using a variable ND filter, I was able to drop the shu... (more)

The morning Bernina Express from Tirano arriving at Alp Grüm station. In the background, the Palü Glacier melts into hundreds of waterfalls that flow in the Palü Lake below.

From atop tunnel 1 on UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision, we see the Rocky Mountaineer snaking around the bend led by a pair of UP SD70Ms as the begin their journey west through the Rockies.