The Fairburn,GA - Chatsworth,GA intermodal transfer C710 crosses I-75 at Emerson

Empty hoppers from the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie move south on the Monongahela Railway at Pine Bank, Pennsylvania. After being filled with West Virginia coal, they will return to home territory.

A rare sighting of "helpers" return to the Cuesta Grade on Valentines Day 2021! Since the oilcans stopped running, SLO no longer has a helper set or crew based out of the station. Two mo... (more)

Approaching the east end of Abo Canyon, New Mexico, a Santa Fe train of pigs and perishables passes the signals between bridges 4 and 5. My vantage point has most likely been excavated as part of ... (more)

Insects swirl in the last rays of the Sun as two ÖBB class 1144s as helpers and a class 1116 haul a freight train up the Semmeringbahn line in Austria. The pair of red & green dots on the right a... (more)

A Maine Central freight, led by F3(a) 684 - GP7 561 - GP7 565 - GP7 566 - F3(a) 683, climbs up the grade on the Mountain Subdivision in the late 1960's. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

Nestled in the Rocky Mountains along the St. Joe River, the scene of the Milwaukee Road at Avery Idaho during its last full year of operation. The substation has ceased generating electricity sin... (more)

Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escar... (more)

Crawford Hill is located on BNSF Butte Subdivision between Edgemont, SD, and Alliance, NE. East of Crawford the railroad has to climb 821 feet on average grade over 1.55% over the Pine Ridge escar... (more)

Representing both makes on this Burlington Northern coal train, C30-7's and SD40-2's. GE, EMD, GE, EMD, GE. Tom Ellis photo.

A long southbound Cowley Local led by a ex BN SD60m rumbles into the spectacular Sheep Canyon. A remote section of the Big Horn River cuts a slice thru Sheep Mountain exposing a Geological wonder... (more)

Snaking it’s way up the grade into Terra Alta CSX train N789-12 has 80 loads of coal with 2 manned helpers on the rear all in full throttle to make the pull up grade successful.

Busy afternoon on Mullan
Three trains negotiate Montana Rail Link’s Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, on the afternoon of June 25, 2020. In the background going downgrade at Austin... (more)

CSXT C40-8's #7515 & #7609 bring empty autorack train Q210 across the Etowah River on its way north to Chattanooga.