A BNSF powered freight rolls across the Clark Fork on the Belknap bridge near Thompson Falls, MT on Montana Rail Link. The power displays the three major BNSF color schemes utilized by the BNSF si... (more)

An empty oil train heads onto the causeway that separates the "Frog Pond" from the Clark Fork just west of Trout Creek, MT as the trains rolls east on Montana Rail Link.

CN SD40-2W no. 5337 joins Tunnel Motor 408 (former DMIR/Cotton Belt) and vintage SD40 no. 6017 at Proctor, MN as they wait for their next ore train assignment. CN 6017 was built in 1969 as no. 511... (more)

CN 4721 and WC 1565 pair up at Proctor, MN at the former DMIR engine facilities. The WC SW1500 looks right at home in its maroon and gold scheme. CN 4721 was built by GMD as CN 5521 in January 197... (more)

CN 2008 and 2012 wait for their next assignment at Proctor, MN on a somewhat foggy September morning. These rebuilt GEs were in the process of replacing EMD models for much of the taconite train s... (more)

A pair of Kansa City Southern units led by SD70ACe 4156 handles a Seattle bound intermodal through Titlow, just south of Tacoma, WA on the busy BNSF mainline from Portland. This line sees BNSF, UP... (more)

BNSF 3990 rounds the curves west of the Columbia River bridge near Rock Island, WA with a J train consisting of Boeing 737 fuselages. The tight curves restrict the trains to about 25 mph here. The... (more)

BNSF 6818 keeps the dynamics on as it eases it train around the corner off Stevens Pass grade and rolls past an eastbound waiting in the siding at Skykomish, WA. Its train is a Z train bound for B... (more)

UP 8035 crosses the Chippewa River entering Eau Claire, WI on its way to Altoona Yard just east of Eau Claire. This is about the time of day to old Twin Cities 400 would have cruised over the brid... (more)

UP 8035 leads an eastbound manifest from St. Paul to Altoona along US highway 12 about 5 miles west of Eau Claire, WI east of Elk Mound. The two unit consist seems to indicate a more frugal use of... (more)

Former Wisconsin & Calumet F7A no. 901 sits at Escanaba & Lake Superior's shops at Escanaba, MI. The unit was built for Rio Grande in July 1949, no. 564D. It has been owned by American Crystal Sug... (more)

Escanaba & Lake Superior SD9s nos. 1224 and 1220 rust away nose to nose at the shop facilities near the waterfront in Escanaba, MI. The units began life in December 1956 as RSMX 1220 and 1224, and... (more)

Escanaba & Lake Superior snowplow no. 112 takes the summer off at Channing, MI in the company of a couple former Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range jennies converted to ballast service. The Great Northe... (more)

Former Conrail GP38 7772, built as Penn Central 7772 in September 1969 suns itself at the Escanaba & Lake Superior shops and yard in Channing, MI. The 39 year old Geep is now ELS 402 and still sho... (more)

Following close behind the crew of LS&I 3009, another mine crew handles an empty train of all rail ore hoppers delivered to LS&I the previous evening by CN. This train will follow the first to Til... (more)