A westbound mixed freight makes the climb up the grade at Fortuna Rd.

What a combo! A US built shunter in front of German "Silberlinge" passenger cars, a baggage car of unknown origin and a US style boxcar fitted with a generator haul pupils through the Iranian moun... (more)

A freight train is coasting downhill from Dorud towards Sepid Dasht along the Sezar river. The guard at the near end of the bridge was surpised by the train and actually had to run to clear the br... (more)

Two CP GEs serve as DPUs on a westbound Canpotex potash train as it departs Ayer, WA yard after meeting a BNSF freight. The trackage is owned by Union Pacific and this train is technically a UP tr... (more)

CN 2686 leads a westbound stack train out of Black Canyon and across the Thompson River several miles south of Ashcroft, BC. CP's mainline is hiding in a tunnel just behind the locomotives of the ... (more)

"See America First" For 87 years, the Empire Builder has brought passengers from all around the world to Northwest Montana to see the wonders of Glacier National Park and it was s... (more)

An eastbound manifest led by Union Pacific SD70AH No. 8942 eases down the grade on Main 1 between Buford and Sherman Summit, Wyoming on November 28, 2015.

Under a crystal clear early autumn sky, an evening northbound manifest crawls flies high over the Snake River on the massive expanse of Joso Bridge, preparing for a meet with a southbound at Joso ... (more)

I've always said that rail fanning is 20 percent skill, 30 percent knowledge, and 50 percent luck. Well, today was nearly all luck. After having dinner in Peach Springs, my folks and I walked out ... (more)

Rio Grande's Railblazer hustles east toward Denver on Sept. 13, 1989.

End of day. BDZ EMU serie 30 with passangers train from Dragoman near Kostinbrod station.

A CREX leaser leads an eastbound freight up the Columbia River on a gorgeous spring morning with a very snowy Mount Hood rising high above to the west.

A southbound Union Pacific manifest freight curves out of Tunnel 1 above Caliente, California, while climbing Tehachapi Pass after winter rains have greened up the mountains nicely on February 27,... (more)