My first visit to Alaska in the winter produced a great week of clear skies and cold temperatures. The first train I saw on this trip was a southbound coal train bound for export via the Seward Co... (more)
An Alaska coal trains winds its way along Turnagain Arm in the Beluga Block in a 3+3+1 configuration. While the railroad is flat here the extra horsepower will be needed to climb Grandview and Div... (more)
A trio of Oakway SD60s are rounding the west leg of the wye at center Dutch, WY. This is the line from/to Decker, MT and the coal will head west through Sheridan, North to Billings before heading ... (more)
A UP coal train led by SP GEs on former Rio Grande track is eastbound through South Boulder Canyon. This is in the heart of Rio Grande's famed tunnel district where photo opportunities are numerou... (more)
Rio Grande SD50 5501 has just exited the tunnel underneath Billies Mountain near the former town of Thistle. This are on the Rio Grande is one of my favorites and I have some great memories here.
UP 5890 rolls a southbound Canon City bound coal train by the Mile High Bison Ranch at........wait for it.......Greenland, CO
BNSF 5788 West winds its way around the Clark Fork River on a nice fall day
An Elgin, Joliet & Eastern coal train recieved in interchange from CP at Spaulding heads east for Joliet. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO
A Rio Grande coal train emerges from the eastern portal of Moffatt Tunnel
Salt Flat Sunrise- There is nothing like a sunrise in the desert, here a WB UP coal train on the former WP rolls across the Bonneville Salt Flats at dawn, breaking the funeral silence of the great... (more)
On a nice fall afternoon the trees make a nice frame for a loaded coal train as they grind uphill towards Palmer Lake
A slightly different perspective of the Santa Fe Bridge at Larkspur, CO.
Not having much of an opportunity to get out and shoot some of the local color I thought by the time I was able to take a few shots all the color would be gone. Fortunately there was this patch of... (more)
A coal train heads south at Acequia, CO. The fall colors are looking good along this stretch of the Joint Line
