Here we are looking out of the window of an abandoned homestead at the eastbound Montana Rail Link Gas Local east of Perma, Montana. On the point is SD40-2XR no. 256. This place has seen better da... (more)

The Connecticut Valley Line. New Haven 3025 rounds the curve at Broadway with a short freight bound for Old Saybrook. One of the most scenic spots on the Connecticut Valley Line, the Broad... (more)

Early morning in Greenhorn Gulch sees the arrival of an export bound coal load. Traffic on Mullan Pass was at or near record levels due to widespread flooding across numerous parts of the West an... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific taconite train bound for Geneva, Utah, carefully grinds down the steep 3 percent grade on the west slope of Tennessee Pass. The train is just leaving Pando, Colorado, ... (more)

Can't you just imagine a fish lurking in that clear water? A new BNSF ES44C4 leads a westbound grain train on a fill west of Noxon, Montana, on MRL's 4th Subdivision.

Steamscape - Pratt Cove. A New Haven Freight treks south along one of the many little coves that line the mighty Connecticut River. This scene might have been a common one through much of ... (more)

Southbound Freight - The station tender at Chester stands beside his 1937 Ford Deluxe as Locomotive 3025 rolls southbound with a mixed freight consist. A Lerro Productions Event

Traffic on the road is very quiet this morning, unlike the parallel Union Pacific main line which is humming with trains. As seen from inside a long-abandoned gas station along the old Lincoln Hig... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train rolls across a small bridge at Tuscor, Montana, on a beautiful May morning. This is Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision

In the last minutes of light on National Train Day, a southbound BNSF freight rolls past the healthy crops -- and not-so-healthy barn -- of a Skagit Valley farm. Looming in the distance is the 10... (more)

A westbound BNSF windmill extra from Memphis rolls along the Missouri River near Lombard, Montana. This is Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision.

Under grey skies a First Great Western HST descends Dainton bank on route to London, the pink of the doors neatly matching the spring flowers

Massive WM Shay 6 produces a nice thick plume arriving at Whittaker as photographers line up to capture the more interesting right side of the loco. Visit www.msrlha.org.

Great Salt Lake crossing
An eastbound Union Pacific freight begins the long trek across Great Salt Lake at Lakeside, Utah. A wood trestle used to carry the line straight across directly... (more)

On September 13, 2002, Canadian Pacific’s westbound “Royal Canadian Pacific” luxury train meets the Rocky Mountaineer Railtours passenger train at Leanchoil, British Columbia, amid the splen... (more)