CN 2565 trailing GTW SD40-2 5930 leads a tardy , normally nocturnal 450 down the Newmarket Sub just before 8 AM. Catching a daylight 450 is not super rare, but rare enough that it comes as a welco... (more)

An early autumn snowfall in the higher elevations of Mullan Pass frames Austin Creek Trestle at Skyline, Montana, on October 11, 1997. Lower elevations toward Helena received rain, but a frosting ... (more)

60 years old Ge 4/4 I # 605 "Silvretta" with sledgers push pull train 867 from Bergün to Preda.

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight heads west through Slater, Wyoming, on the afternoon of May 30, 1998. This route is the former Colorado and Southern between Cheyenne and Wendover, and power... (more)

BNSF 4141 leads a detouring "Z" train eastbound near the "Shack" along the Clark Fork River on Montana Rail Link's 10th Subdivision.

Out of the most "uneventful" winter in the Puget Sound, comes a stunning sunset. Finally, passengers aboard the Cascades get to see something in the sky other than gray or black.

A freshly painted GE C40-8 leads Union Pacific's Los Angeles to Denver expedited intermodal east through the Weber River truss bridge at Taggart.

What a better way to start the morning

A coal train crests the hill on Sherman Hill. A trio of GE's handles this train with ease.

Curving through a lunar-like landscape approaching Floy, Utah, on August 4, 1996, is Amtrak’s California Zephyr. On the point of No. 6 this day is General Electric P40DC No. 822, with an EMD F40... (more)

Follow us at Alaska Railfanning! The barges are in! Winter is a notoriously slow time for the Alask... (more)

It's great when you arrive at a beautiful winter scene, get out of your car and randomly hear a train coming less than a mile away. What's not great is walking up to the edge of a river to get in... (more)

The American Orient Express luxury cruise train heads westbound through the Flatirons, through Tunnel 3 and the and into Tunnel 4 on Union Pacific’s former Rio Grande route to the Moffat Tunnel.... (more)

An empty BNSF coal train slinks through the curves west of Eddy, Montana, on May 9, 2010. Stormy skies linger in the background at this scenic location along the Clark Fork on Montana Rail Link’... (more)