A short walk down from the highway gets you to the east side of Tunnel 29 on the UP Moffat Road line. BNSF has trackage rights over this former DRG&W line and runs several trains a day each way.

With less than an hour before arriving at their destination of Seattle, passengers on The Coast Starlight are enjoying a dramatic sky to complete their journey.

Long past the evening commuter rush, a lone pedestrian watches a southbound inter-model train blast past the new Sound Transit station. The mill next to station is a structure that I did pencil dr... (more)

As a storm moves out and the tide moves in, an intermodel train darts across the Chamber's Creek bridge.

The crew of the Martin Helper passes some beautiful scenery on their way home from assisting a coal train over Soldier Summit.

It takes picks, brooms, ice melt, crowbars, and a lot of muscle to dislodge a frozen switch. This crew used plenty of all to get this one to move and still had many more to go on a frozen February... (more)

Shay 2 and 11 generate a lot of smoke and noise as they double-head a log train up the steep 8.7% grade approaching Whitaker Station.

A threatening sky opens up just in time to light not only the northbound freight, but also Bear Mountain Bridge in the distance. Sometimes those 2 hour waits in the freezing cold pay off!

An early morning move has two units easily handling an empty coal train returning to the Helper Yard.

Having crested Soldier Summit a few miles miles west, these four lead and single trailing DPU units are making good speed on the summit plain. After reaching Colton in a few miles, it will be time... (more)

A late running Provo to Denver manifest train is leaving the high plane of the Soldier Summit area and entering the canyons that follow the Price River down to Helper.

The Crescent kicks up a lot of snow moving through the sweeping s-curves at Edison. Even though there is a 90mph speed restriction here, you have to be diligent to get your shot as the curve limit... (more)

The Plummer Turn crosses a short causeway on its trek to Plummer Junction and a meet with the UP local from Spokane.

The Mid-Hudson bridge provides this nice view of the Poughkeepsie Bridge on a sunny, but windy late fall day.

With two sets of power contributing a combined 40,500 horse power, this coal train had no problem surmounting Soldier Summit. That much power was unheard of until recent times as it would have pul... (more)