Coming down the mountain from U.S. Steel Minntac at m.p. 5 on the CN Minntac sub, CN 2040 leads 145 ore cars filled to capacity on a frost covered afternoon as they head for Two Harbors, MN.

Northbound from Two Harbors, MN, CN 2007 is running track speed along the CN Iron Range sub thru the yard at Biwabik, MN as they continue on towards U.S. Steel Minntac to load. The string of vint... (more)

Rounding the bend and coming up on the outside it's CN 2119 passing CN 2180 near M.P. 65.3 on the CN Missabe sub under less than ideal weather conditions. CN 2119 was light power heading to their... (more)

As night quickly approaches and with the snowstorm picking up, empty grain train AYRJ heads west on Pan Am Railway's District 3.

An eastbound Z train is descending Antelope Hill on the former Western Pacific. A crew change at Winnemucca is about 45 miles away.

My dad loved the Wyoming coal fields. Here he captured some variety. CNW C40-8 8570, with a CNW SD40-2, Union Pacific SD60M 6183, C40-8 9360. Tom Ellis photo.

This 145 car train was loaded at the Minorca taconite plant which has now switched ownership after the acquisition by Cleveland-Cliffs of ArcelorMittal USA. The train is 18.4 rail miles into the ... (more)

Back in the heady pre-Y2K days some of us were foolish enough to think Norfolk Southern might actually have big plans for the long-neglected Southern Tier Line between Port Jervis and Bingh... (more)

While NS 192 crosses the Congaree River, a CSX empty coal train waits to proceed after it's NS counterpart.

A pair of CN Dash 8's lead a raw ore shuttle at Wolf, Minnesota between the T Bird Mine and the Fairlane Taconite Processing Plant. As the train approaches Wolf Junction, it crosses through the mi... (more)

CSX W999 brings a high and wide load through Columbia, SC. The Carolina Coliseum is in the background. This is the point at which the CSX and Norfolk Southern meet briefly to cross Huger and Tryon... (more)

After passing through Allen Jct. CN 2025 rounds the bend and crosses the control point Nugget along the CN Iron Range sub. as they continue north. The rail on the left is/was used as the former D... (more)

A spectacular Black Friday after the morning clouds cleared out. The only sounds were the wind in the pines, a couple of birds, some furry woodland creatures doing their thing and a approaching t... (more)