Perhaps one of the most beautiful places on Earth, Brule Lake just east of Jasper National Park. A CN eastbound manifest makes a nice reflection in late afternoon light with calm waters as it pass... (more)

Three year old FP45s nos. 3 and 1 pair up in their second color scheme and new assignment: freight service. Purchased for Hiawatha passenger service the units were delivered in UP yellow, but were... (more)

This was not planned as a snow shot, but an early spring snowfall dusted Trinidad, CO as sings of the future showed up. BNSF 4730 and 4738 were delivered to the railroad sans lettering and stripin... (more)

During the summer of Heritage I, BNSF 1038 heads a perfect quartet of new GEs east out of Wenatchee, WA on a Q train. The location is on the main at the east end of Appleyard. A new crew climbed a... (more)

Three days after Christmas, the new Burlington Northern Santa Fe looks like the good old BN as a Q train led by two BN SD40-2s rides the table top landscape above clods of tilled soil and corn hus... (more)

BNSF 3885 deadheads a seven car official train east along the Columbia River below the Rock Island dam after a crew change at Wenatchee, WA. Note the pulled shades on all the cars.

BNSF 7436 rolls a westbound manifest across the causeway at Horse Thief Lake State Park west of Wishram, WA along the Columbia River on the former SP&S mainline.

MILW 24 leads a nicely set up quartet of SD40-2s on a westbound freight as it slows for a meet at Beverly, WA. Catenery poles still stand along the right of way on Milwaukee's mainline, where boxc... (more)

CNW 954 enjoys the company of a GP7 and former Southern Ry. SD24 at Altoona, WI as it gets a servicing stop at the engine facility. the sand tower and fueling are behind the unit, and the roundhou... (more)

These handsome CNW SD38-2s were among my favorite motive power on the railroad. Trouble was they were specifically ordered for hump and transfer duties in Chicago, so did not normally ventured ver... (more)

Late afternoon sun and warm temperatures made for a pleasant setting for a BNSF westbound grain train traveling over Trout Creek at MP 55 on Montana Rail Link. Next stop Hauser, ID on BNSF.

CN 2305 and former Oakway SD60 no. 5448 thread the slide sheds and tunnels in White Canyon along the Thompson River with train 355. this area is several miles east of Lytton, BC and is prone to ro... (more)

AERC 1807 leads its local northwest back to Lebanon after switching the Weyerhaeuser Co. lumber mill near Waterloo, OR. Looking like it could be a CNW train in Wisconsin's north woods, the crew on... (more)

MILW 992154 brings up the rear of a Portland bound train at Blakesley Jct., WA just after crossing the UP line to Grays Harbor. The train is skirting the edge of Centralia before getting on BN tra... (more)

MILW GP9 no. 285 leads a mix of EMDs and a GE on a Portland bound freight at Blakesley Jct., at Centralia, WA as it is about to cross BN and UP diamonds that lead those roads to Grays Harbor. The ... (more)