One of BNSF's 16,000 ft "combo trains" negotiates over the hogbacks of Pisgah, CA as it traverse arid Mojave Desert. These "combo trains" are two trains that are coupled up tog... (more)
OAKRIDGE OR Oct 31 1978 — Southern Pacific SD45 8963, and its southbound mixed freight. are tied down in this central Oregon community. EMD built the unit (b/n 33660) in May 1968. It was rebuilt... (more)
The first of the rambles for 2024 is led back to Reading by the 2102. It is seen crossing the high bridge in Hometown PA.
This being my first time in Colorado I was blown away by how "in the middle of nowhere" places that, even if they're actually near the growing metropolises, can be. Here, a lone GEVO ... (more)
BNSF’s Provo to Denver priority freight crosses South Boulder Creek as it descends Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision leaving Tolland during a decidedly wintery spring day of April 20, ... (more)
Stacks from Long Beach, CA to Memphis, TN negotiates the tight curves of Crozier Canyon as the sound of three GE prime movers battling the grade echo throughout the canyon.
Light snow falls over the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado. BNSF Executive Grinstein 9709 (SD70MAC) was a long time fixture of the beer train that ran between the Coors refinery in Golden and Denver... (more)
As BNSF train Q-RICCHI6-08 (with BNSF Dash 9-44CWs 5215 and 683, along with KCS AC4400CW 4598 – and two more Dash 9-44CWs shoving on the rear: BNSF 5004 and 4960 – for power) climbs the Tehach... (more)
The UP's Cane Creek branch is an amazing piece of engineering, carved out amongst the deep red rocks of southern Utah. A nice surprise on my first time shooting the branch was a former Western Pac... (more)
848 leads SD75M 232 and Dash 9-44CW 687 climbing the grade towards Bealville.
Eastbound manifest. Trailing units are SDF40-2 5252 and SD45-2 5823.
SD80MACs 4100 and 4125 head west on the Boston line.
5692 hauls Q102 Eastbound At Ruby Creek Under The Pink Mountains.
Balcony Views: CSXT 3198 leads a doubled up loaded coal train eastbound along the CSX James River Subdivision through Balcony Falls in Glasgow, Virginia, as it passes the old coaling tower and ya... (more)
Late on a summer evening, an eastbound heads for Oregon over the west flank of Mt. Shasta.
