20 or so miles out of the mine at Fairlane, Canadian National iron ore train U716 dashes through the evening rain and into the town of Culver, Minnesota with a trainload of steaming taconite pellets bound for Proctor, and eventually the ore docks at Duluth. Taken July 5th, 2024.

The power of CSX local train L411 idles the night away on September 16th, 2023, as northbound autorack train M276 knocks down their approach signal at Worthville, Kentucky in preparation to meet southbound container train I141 at the north end of the siding.

Montana Rail Link's "Day Gas" makes a run back east along the Clark Fork River just outside of Thompson Falls, Montana with 20 empties for Missoula on June 9th, 2022.

With 91 empty coal buckets in tow, northbound CSX E342 flies over the Copper Creek Viaduct in Clinchport, Virginia on the evening of November 17th, 2023. This unique vantage was achieved by a grueling hike, having gained over 500 feet in elevation, and having to fight my way through the woods and thorns, but it was definitely worth it in the end.

Mere seconds after counterpart 12T clears, NS 11T blasts under the N&W coaling tower at Vicker outside of Christiansburg, Virginia with a factory fresh AC44C6M in the lead.

CSX M216 crawls up Main Street in La Grange, Kentucky at dusk on July 20th, 2023 with consecutively numbered YN2 C40-9Ws, 9005 and 9006, doing the honors. These two motors likely haven’t been coupled together since they left the factory floor in Erie in 1994.