Everybody Works! A full train on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad meant that not only Conductor Billl but his 4 year old grandson Nathan were needed as conductors on Sunday, June 20, 20... (more)

A pair of CEFX AC44s switch the LS&I dock in Marquette during some heavy fog. A rare “fog bow” just so happened to appear in the perfect spot!

As EMD E units came online In the late 1950's, Norfolk & Western's famed class J streamlined locomotives, having been in service less than a decade, were reassigned to freight service. The enginee... (more)

CaterParrott Railnet, job 16 is at Kelly, Georgia on the E line, a former Central of Georgia branch that ran from Machen to Covington where a connection was made with the Georgia Railroad. Caterpa... (more)

Southern Pacific’s westbound KCOAF (Kansas City to Oakland Forwarder) negotiates the canyon between Pando and Red Cliff, on August 2, 1996. Two GE AC4400CW locomotives from the Minturn helper po... (more)

CSX #3232 leads a westbound empty coal hopper train through Thurmond, WV on the spring morning of May 18, 2021. The town was founded by W.D. Thurmond in 1873 when the former Civil War Confederate ... (more)

With only minutes of daylight left, BNSF's Custer, WA to Everett, WA manifest rolls past The Chrysalis Inn & Spa in Bellingham, WA on May 14th, 2021 with BNSF 181 in Santa Fe paint leading followe... (more)

PNWR 2307 leads the Toledo Hauler at Summit, Oregon

The towering red rocks of Moab make even thundering freight trains seem like children's playthings.

A spring storm has coated the Colorado Front Range with a fresh layer of snow, no doubt delighting the passengers and crew on the California Zephyr that timed their trip just right for the winter ... (more)

Winter reflection
Mountains lining the Clark Fork Valley cast a reflection in the confluence of Trout Creek as an eastbound BNSF grain train crosses over Bridge 55 at Trout Creek, Monta... (more)

12 minutes until 0700 hours, March 2nd of 2019 and most Monday through Friday'ers are sleeping in to start the weekend. Folks who don't have a steady schedule are probably awake, sipping their cof... (more)

MRL's Gas Local on the return trip from Thompson Falls, MT, to Missoula, MT.

Standing on the crumbling abutments of Milwaukee Road’s impressive curved bridge over the Missouri River, we watch a distant storm skirt the ghost town of Lombard, Montana, at sunset on June 29,... (more)

A Barstow to Tulsa manifest train leaves the Needles area as spring rain shower forms over the Mohave Valley area; seen from Park Moabi. With the division point changing to the state line, is sect... (more)