A westbound Union Pacific unit potash train is approaching Dale Junction, Wyoming, on Sherman Hill on September 17, 2008.

End of a very beautiful day in Alberta near Lake Louise just before a good sleep at this place.

Amtrak #5 runs about 40 minutes late as it climbs up the Rocky Mountains towards Moffat Tunnel.

Montana Rail Link’s train No. 844, the Logan local, works up the 2.2 percent grade on the Harrison Branch on May 7, 2012. Short but rugged Big Antelope Creek Canyon is 3 miles north of Sappington,... (more)

After a day spent riding UP OLS special we were continuing on to SLC to see UPs open invitation to photograph their Heritage Units along the way we caught this empty on the Dotsero Cutoff near the... (more)

Springtime in Montana: Montana Rail Link’s Paradise local is heading back to Paradise and is just west of Toole, Montana, on May 3, 2012. Under a leaden sky that is occasionally spitting rain, two... (more)

On October 27, 2012, we see the Amtrak #6, the Eastbound California Zephyr approaching the East end of East Portal siding after exiting the Moffat Tunnel and meeting a Westbound BNSF Manifest on a... (more)

A Burlington Northern coal train slinks through Wendover Canyon, just north (west) of Wendover, Wyoming, on July 8, 1994. On the point is BN SD40-2 No. 7198, with three C30-7s and another SD40-2 t... (more)

Westbound in scenic Wind River Canyon, a BNSF freight is at mile 321.3 east of Dornick, Wyoming, on May 25, 2011. Powering the train is GE C44-9W No. 4706 and UP EMD SD70M No. 4274, with five Boei... (more)

Skiers aboard the D&RGW ski train are happy and oblivious to the snowy conditions of highways as they safely return to Denver on Feb. 26, 1984. The train is between Tunnels 3 and 2 near Plainview... (more)

It has been as easy day for two SD-40T-2s as they escorted the Rio Grande Ski Train up to Winter Park and now cradle it back down the mountain at Rollinsville, Colo. toward Denver on March 15, 198... (more)

Two D&RGW GP40-2s have the ski train in tow westward for the climb over to Winter Park on Jan. 5, 1980. Because of tree growth, this photo scene near Pinecliffe, Colo. is no longer possible.

Montana Rail Link helpers cut out of a westbound BNSF freight at Elliston, Montana, on September 17, 2012. A member of the helper crew lines the switch back for the main as the helpers get in the ... (more)

These solid green unit grain trains with matching units were the pinnacle for Cascade Green fans. Here a pair of helpers shove a loaded train towards the summit of Marias Pass.

Tunnel Motor at Minturn: In July 1984, a westbound Rio Grande coal train waits for a new crew in the yard at Minturn, Colorado, at the western foot of Tennessee Pass.