Ever so often, something very bad would happen on the Santa Fe transcon. The main would get blocked, and Santa Fe was forced to run it's hottest trains over the Union Pacific. It was an awesome tr... (more)

BNSF 7607 (ES44DC) leads an oil train through Crescent, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

In a dispatching move that didn't quite make sense, the California Zephyr 5 train meets the California Zephyr 6 train, but since a UP oil train occupied the siding at Rocky, Colorado, the 5 train ... (more)

The California Zephyr 6 train runs over the South Platte River as it leaves downtown Denver over 21 hours later than scheduled. The train was held at Frazer, Colorado while winds over 98 mph batt... (more)

The California Zephyr 6 train was over 21 hours late getting into Denver after being held at Frazer, Colorado due to 98+ mph winds along the Colorado Front Range. Here we see the duel heritage ... (more)

Amtrak engine 174 in Phase VII paint rounds the corner after coming out of Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado.

Wisconsin Central train 49 passes WC intermodal train 219 in the yard at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on the morning of May 6, 1995. Both trains are powered by a pair of EMD SD45s, with lead locomotive in... (more)

The crew of Wisconsin Central train 219 poses with the train’s lead motor, recently-repainted WC EMD SD45 No. 6554, at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on May 6, 1995.

Down to metal
Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6554 is sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac... (more)

On February 13, 2024, running on BNSF’s newly-formed MRL Subdivision after reacquiring Montana Rail Link is an eastbound BNSF manifest freight crossing the bridge spanning the Clark Fork at Noxo... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal empty runs along the siding at Trout Creek, Montana, and passes the wye and spur that once served a lumber facility on February 12, 2024.

It has been about 20 years since I was last here. 168 starts for Duncan Hill departing from Louisville.

CPKC 8868 Leads CSX Intermodal I1666 Eastbound at sunset , through Deshler Ohio. The train had a mid former KCS unit as a DPU.

Bought by Conrail, owned by Norfolk Southern, operating on CSX with an MPI leaser this unit is tiptoeing down the center of Main Street in about the only mainline street running left. Oh, be sure... (more)

CN 450 approaching the Old Muskoka Road crossing in Allensville, MP 138.07 CN Newmarket Sub on the first day of summer 2024 (well, it sure felt like it anyway!).