CSX Q583 heads south, climbing the hill to Emerson on the W&A Sub, as it heads for Atlanta with a tier 4 ACe on the point.

A quintet of GP60s lead 78 cars downhill into Spokane.

The short siding at Royal City Junction, Washington, is barely noticeable among the sagebrush and rabbitbrush growing between the rails on September, 28, 2021. Even less discernible is Milwaukee R... (more)

The helpers of a run through manifest prepare to duck into a tunnel while pushing a run through BNSF train up to Soldier Summit on the former D&RGW.

Remote Wendover Canyon is host to yet another coal train, led by Burlington Northern GE C30-7 No. 5036, rolling along the North Platte River between Wendover and Cassa, Wyoming, on the afternoon o... (more)

The grade on Montana Rail Link's Mullan pass is pretty evident here as the mid train helpers look down on the head end power of a run through BNSF grain train approaching Austin, MT

Sagebrush silhouette. Denver & Rio Grande Locomotive #425 and mixed train are silhouetted against the early morning sunlight as she charges across the lava-capped mesas of the New Mexico de... (more)

The solitude at Canyon Diablo is almost palpable - an entity that is at once overwhelming and eminently soothing. Only the rush of the wind disturbs the silence for awhile - until a thin silver li... (more)

A hotshot intermodal races west through Shelby passing the depot and elevators at the busy junction, chasing the setting sun about to dip below the Rockies. Soon enough it will be in the throes of... (more)