A 5-pack of Montana Rail Link SD45s shake the ground as they push a BNSF coal train up Bozeman Pass west of Livingston, Montana, in July 2001.

With 9625 on the point, three PRR Alco FA-2 units drag a freight eastward along the Ohio River by the old commuter stop of Avalon, just on the west side of Pittsburgh, Pa. (Patrons would exit on... (more)

After barely making it to Slaton in time for a crew change, an eastbound intermodal is once again on the move across the flatland of western Texas.

Ballast was recently dumped on this stretch west of Hudsonville where we see Q326 eastbound. Codeline should be gone in a year as new signals are being installed.

Two Candy Apples handle the morning stacks.

A Northbound Union Pacific stack train rolls through Sandcut on an unusually cloudy May afternoon.

A view from an excursion train is captured by John's camera, somewhere out on the mainline south of Conway, PA.

High country blizzard
During a windy and frigid springtime snowstorm, a Rio Grande coal train approaches the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado.

The crew of CSX Local H776 have finished their work at Vauces and are now working back west, caboose first, past the scene at the west end of the siding.

Ah, Nipton. This "town" in the middle of the fabled Los Angeles and Salt Lake boasts not only top-notch accommodations in the form of the Nipton Hotel, but a convenience store and a charming littl... (more)

Westbound Q636 assists the full moon in lighting up the nighttime scene at Longley.

An eastbound rail train passes under the C&O cantilever at VA Cabin in sweet early morning light. It won't be long and scenes like this will be a thing of the past on the Northern.

CN 8914, 2447 lead M369's freight westwards.

A cold north wind is blowing powdery snow around as UP 844 approaches a crossing on BNSF's Boise City Sub near Casa,CO 11/2/11. Code Line is still in use of this section of the former ATSF.