AMTK 142 (P42DC) busts a snow drift as it heads towards the Moffat Tunnel at Tolland, Colorado.

"Allegra" railcar ABe 8/12 # 3511 of the Rhaetian Railway is pulling the PE 951 BERNINA EXPRESS from Chur via Albula-Bernina to Tirano, through Ospizio Bernina station, highest of the Rh... (more)

This is my 5,000th photo on Railpics. It has been a good run over the past 17 years. Thanks for all the views, comments, favorites, and support from many. Here is one of my favorite from my KYLE t... (more)

Local railfans know that if you get enough of a NW wind and no trains for a few hours on main 1, luck just might be on your side here. Said luck showed up on this March Saturday with a westbound H... (more)

Lite power from Dilworth to Mandan heads west into the North Dakota prairie after a day of strong winds and powdery snow. The engineer gave a big wave once the snow cleared and that was a fitting ... (more)

In 2019 Winter the past 7 weeks has been pretty tough on everyone in the Midwest. Last night Canadian Pacific's B-41 local left Mason City around 2am with a wedge plow and 69 cars. Multiple derail... (more)

Back in 2019 the CN ran their Jordan Spreader down the 42 miles Cedar Rapids Sub. The job worked to push back drifts along the branch. The Jordan Spreader hadn't seen much action for the pass few ... (more)

The Roadmaster told the crew there was a "big one" at MP 6. I have been running back and forth between Waterloo and Dubuque and haven't seen hardly anything, so I was alittle skeptical h... (more)

Wisconsin and Southern Spreader Plow works west of Whitewater

After a full day of strong winds and challenging conditions, BNSF dispatched a set of 6 motors to clear drifts on the Jamestown Sub. They're seen here passing the DPU of a coal load that has been ... (more)

CN hadn't run anything on the Cedar Rapids Branch since 12/23. After a couple days of heavy wind and some snow from the last storm, the branch was drifted in pretty good in spots. An extra crew wa... (more)

CN hadn't run anything on the Cedar Rapids Branch since 12/23. After a couple days of heavy wind and some snow from the last storm, the branch was drifted in pretty good in a few spots. An extra c... (more)

In the event of fresh snow or strong winds, so-called track plows are put in front of individual scheduled passenger trains on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway. The "Allegra" ABe... (more)

SPMW 207 works eastward through Troy, CA.

UP broke out the rotary for the first time in early Feb. Its been a winter for the history books and the rotary would make its way back up to the Hill on March 6th. Since then its been used 2 more... (more)