A rail train rolls north on Main 2 into Castle Rock. Union Pacific is perplexing...they run older, faded power on their coal trains, but they sems to put the newer, cleaner power on their MoW tra... (more)

Snow still clings to Pikes Peak, seen here standing watch 25 miles away, as BNSF 6427 storms north with a string of empty coal gons. More info at Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Greenland, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 6427
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 16, 2010

BNSF 789 pulls emtpy hoppers down the siding in Alton with an Oakway and a sister BNSFbonnet in tow. Interstate 29 is a pretty boring drive between Grand Forks and Fargo, but the Alton Grain Term... (more)

Coal loads with mixed AC power crawl up the grade and across the famous Santa Fe bridge in Larkspur on a perfect fall day. The next time I take a photo in Colorado, I'll be a resident (finally)!

The Glacier Discovery crosses the Twentymile River as it makes its way north for Anchorage. ARR 3010 is one of the movie stars on the ARR roster as it was the lead unit in the movie 'Runaway Trai... (more)

The snow flies as BNSF 6839 and NREX 5471 rounds the curve westbound into Larimore.

BLE 906 and a sister tunnel motor depart the Proctor Yard with a long cut of empty ore empties.

ARR 3007 leads a Whittier-bound freight on the western flanks of Anchorage as it parallels the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail and the Cook Inlet. 3007 is one of two Geeps sporting this style nose her... (more)

Coal empties roll south past the Alton Grain Terminal and the "fall" colors of the mostly treeless Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota with another all-AC powered lashup. Learn more at more)

ARR 4327 is on the homestretch as it leads export coal into Seward on an absolutely gorgeous late-winter day.

The northbound Anchorage-to-Fairbanks freight cuts through Ft. Richardson with Operation Lifesaver unit ARR 4319 leading the way. The OLS sticker was attached to 4319's cab at some point last sum... (more)

Wasn't expecting to see this coming around the bend! Union Pacific was doing some rail replacement south of the Academy siding in Colorado Springs; this was just one of the pieces of equipment th... (more)

Nearing the end of a long day of running around the state, the Countdown Unit starts the last leg of its day northbound toward Anchorage after a stop in Whittier.

Spring has sprung...on the calendar anyway. BNSF 6420 leads a southbound coal drag off the Palmer Divide in Palmer Lake.

The Coastal Classic is a little more than an hour into its daily southbound trip to Seward on a beautiful spring morning, seen here passing Bird Point.