An empty rock train bound for Ortonville clicks and clacks over the jointed rail on the Twin Cities and Western.

A westbound Burlington Northern coal train approaches milepost 146 between Hillrose and Brush, Colorado, on the afternoon of July 13, 1990. Powering the train loaded with Powder River Basin coal a... (more)

After stopping to pick up a long cut of cars from the siding at Cobden, a westbound RCPE trackage rights train accelerates toward Springfield in some of the last light of a long late spring day.

The tranquility of a Saturday evening in small town Minnesota is briefly disturbed by the passage of a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern trackage rights train. The red wood structure in the d... (more)

A westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train passes the old elevator and former Chicago & North Western station in downtown New Ulm, MN on a fine spring evening. The CPKC sign in the distance is... (more)

An RJ Corman loaded grain train prepares to depart Cresson while an NS helper set drifts east.

NS SD40-2 3517 leads B09 East past the since demolished Inland Plant 4 in East Chicago.

On April 9, 1994, Burlington Northern train 104 heads east out of Milledgeville, Illinois behind a pair of BN EMD SD40-2s and a vintage EMD SD9. Some spring crops are already emerging on this earl... (more)

CSXT 2428 leads a rare Sunday Local though East Lansing heading back to Ensel yard in Lansing Michigan. On this day L305 ran as the U305. I will be putting the train ID as L305 since U305 doesn't... (more)

Late in the evening, after dumping ballast in Loretto, this rock train was seen here heading back to Humboldt, kicking up quite a storm.

Still working hard for many decades now, this Ex Conrail EMD waits with a short consist in Birmingham for a crew. At dusk, this 3,000 horsepower beast finally gets powered up.

Nice "adaptation" of an existing paint scheme I'd say.

After spotting cars in MC yard, Susquehanna heritage unit on the move again.

An ex-Louisville & Nashville SD40-2 leads northbound CSX train M580 underneath the L&N built coaling tower at Lebanon Junction.

A lengthy westbound RCPE train curves through the scenic hills of the Buffalo Ridge just south of Lake Benton, MN. Just ahead, they will curve to the northwest and head toward the South Dakota bor... (more)