A westbound stacker heads towards a storm as sunset approaches on the old Santa Fe in Valencia County, New Mexico.

NS 8037 and UP 8170 lead a long doublestack train across the Saint Johns River bridge in downtown Jacksonville. This train is destined for the Florida East Coast Bowden yard.

The CSX G10802 empty grain train (Albany, NY to Cicero, IL (BNSF)) travels Westbound through the city of Rochester, NY with the CSX Goodman St. yard in view.

The CSX G10802 empty grain train (Albany, NY to Cicero, IL (BNSF)) travels Westbound under the hot afternoon sun with the Syracuse city skyline in the distance.

Empty unit coal train slowly makes its way towards the crew change at Noth La Crosse.

CSX G108-02 has a trio of BNSF ES44C4's headed westbound on track 1 through Palmyra NY bound for Cicero IL back on the BNSF line 6-3-23.

Arriving at Los Angeles Union Station, appropriately enough on Track 11, is Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight. On this trip, Amtrak had difficulty producing two locomotives f... (more)

Parting clouds late in the day allow the lowering sun to momentarily illuminate a northbound (timetable westbound) BNSF freight following the North Platte River through Wyoming’s Wendover Canyon... (more)

An eastbound manifest freight led by ES44C4 6895 speeds through Riverbank Ca,

A quick stroll downtown with time to spare rewarded me with a colorful lash-up on NS manifest train 123, with yet another unit for Wells Fargo in tow.

A BNSF freight enters the Big Ten Curve at Rocky, Colorado as it climbs the grade going west on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Arriving at Los Angeles Union Station, appropriately enough on Track 11, is Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight. On this trip, Amtrak had difficulty producing two locomotives f... (more)

It's always a treat to watch a listen to trains climb uphill and around the curves at Lake Park, MN. An eastbound empty grain train fits the bill nicely on a beautiful Memorial Day morning.

A westbound autorack train descends the grade toward the Red River valley on the former Northern Pacific, seen east of Hawley, MN.

After loading at U.S. Steel's Keetac taconite plant, BNSF 6545 shoves the train through the small town of Keewatin, MN and proceeds all the way back to Kelly Lake, where they will reverse ends and... (more)