On the evening of January 3rd 2018, a loaded Coal Train blasts out of the loading yard past 82 Station at the bottom of the grade out of Sandaoling Open Cut Coal Mine, Nth West China.
Two Missabe workhorses at Duluth, Minnesota. Duluth & Northeastern 28 was wearing temporary DM&IR lettering for a photo charter the next day. It was originally built for the Duluth, Missabe & No... (more)
A beam of light exits the Altapass Tunnel, backlighting the classic Clinchfield signal, as an empty coal train heads southward, screaming through tight confines as it negotiates the Black Mountain... (more)
At dusk, electrics E75 and E29 wait silently for tonight's assignment: to haul a heavy eastbound freight over St. Paul Pass, with E75 as lead unit, and E29 cut into the train as helper.
After a meet with an empty potash, a southbound UP grain train from the CP interchange at Eastport, ID/Kingsgate, BC tiptoes across the Sand Creek bridge in Sandpoint amid golden aspen and cottonw... (more)