BNSF 4119 leads an auto rack train around the sharp curve at Windy Point, MT. Between snow sheds 6 and 7 on the west side of Marias Pass, this is near a location known as Snowslip, presumably in r... (more)

A quartet of GEs are in charge of an eastbound manifest pulling the grade east of East Glacier and the Two Medicine bridge as they approach the control point at Grizzly, MT. The mountains of Glaci... (more)

NS 9637 leads an eastbound manifest into Spruce Creek valley east of Tyrone, PA. "Forge" Block Station once stood to the north of the tracks here, at a point where the narrow three track... (more)

NS 9178 leads a westbound beneath the old signal bridge in Tipton, PA. There were only some 14 remaining signal bridges with position light signals between Harrisburg and Altoona before they all f... (more)

Autumn was in full splendor in mid-October on the mountain as westbound hoppers pass MG interlocking between Altoona and Gallitzin. NS 6327 was a recent rebuild from a CR SD50 and used as part of ... (more)

Riding an eastbound that is following blocks of trains ahead, this westbound soda ash empty for Green River, WY is among a fleet of westbounds, seen at MP 635 between Como and Hanna, WY.

A four-pack of SD40-2 helpers add dynamic braking to the 128 cars of Baltimore-bound coal train UBT-354 passing MG interlocking.

A pair of SD60Ms lead coal empties along the Sandhills Sub east of Alliance, NE on a bleak winter day. BN 1991, second out, has the "Support Our Troops" scheme.

CR 6431 brings an eastbound manifest through the crossover at SO interlocking in South Fork, PA. SO Tower, an open office at this time, was consumed by fire in November of 2008 although it had bee... (more)

NS 9593 brings westbound double-stacks past the old position light signals at Horningford, PA on an autumn afternoon. NS was uprating the horsepower for its C40-9Ws to 4400 during this time.

As commonplace as position light signals on the Pittsburgh Line at this time, a pair of Dash 9s cruise west along the Juniata River valley with oil cans this splendid October afternoon. Blue Mount... (more)

A short passenger special of deadhead equipment is returning to Cheyenne, WY on a summer afternoon. The train has crossed the Loup River in Columbus, NE and is seen at MP 84.5 as it enters a stret... (more)

BNSF 9992 West has a string of OPSX hoppers as it moves onto single track near Pleasant Dale, NE. A second main track was eventually added to most of the single track sections of railroad on this ... (more)

Faded lady 5383 seems to have been basking in the sun too long, compared to its more vibrant cousins. This westbound J.B. Hunt container train is plodding upgrade past the Cosnino Road crossing be... (more)

A westbound freight accelerates out of Carothers Tunnel and past the CPLs that so defined former B&O territory at one time. Carothers is the westernmost of four tunnels that were part of the Magno... (more)