While following the Missouri River through Lombard Canyon, an eastbound BNSF grain train passes Toston Dam east of Toston, Montana, running on Montana Rail Link’s Second Subdivision on the morni... (more)

A short south bound Union Pacific manifest slithers it's way up through the curves at Allard in the late afternoon sun light as cloud shadows blanket the surrounding emerald hills. ... (more)

I'd say it's a love/ hate relationship with cold weather on the railway. Frigid cold temps have caused a joint on track 3 at mile 8 of the Weston sub to pull apart. Thankfully with a couple of can... (more)

San Francisco Belt #25 handles a short consist along the Embarcadero.

UP Alco FA-FB units, powered by a 1500hp V-12 engine. Their performance must have impressed the UP management because 80 of them were ordered subsequently. Photo from my collection, no photographe... (more)

The towering red rocks of Moab make even thundering freight trains seem like children's playthings.

A loaded windmill blade train descends down Kingman Canyon as the sounds of dynamic motors whine down the 1.6% grade of main track one. On main two, a Q LACLPC6 charges up the grade as it continue... (more)

12 minutes until 0700 hours, March 2nd of 2019 and most Monday through Friday'ers are sleeping in to start the weekend. Folks who don't have a steady schedule are probably awake, sipping their cof... (more)

Far From Home Without Your Glasses. Former Chicago & North Western Railroad, No. 4073C was painted as Lehigh Valley 576 (sister unit C&NW 4087C/NJT 420/LV 578) on behalf of the United Railr... (more)

I can only imagine how fast they were going here. The stretch between Stockton and Faust on the Lynndyl Subdivision is flat and strait, a real race track. Not sure if the passenger speed in the la... (more)

A Barstow to Tulsa manifest train leaves the Needles area as spring rain shower forms over the Mohave Valley area; seen from Park Moabi. With the division point changing to the state line, is sect... (more)

The northbound Guadalupe Local with Union Pacific SD70AH no. 8830 leading, leans into the curve at Faria County Park. The last engine in the group is an SD60 being ferried to Guadalupe.

BNSF 8273 (ES44C4) leads the freight which includes Caltrain's new bi-level passenger cars and engines. They are the first of the type constructed so they are going to the transportation testing ... (more)

EBT 12 poses amongst the original buildings of the yard at Orbisonia. The yard and equipment are under continued restoration for the railroads revival in the near future!

A snowstorm blanketed Montana’s Clark Fork Valley the day before, and on the morning of February 7, 2021, a BNSF double grain empty cruises eastward on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision b... (more)