A loaded sand train, bound for Ft. Collins, has stalled on the hill in Westminster. Fortunately, the Denver Road Foreman was able to drive out and check the DP motors (shown here) and learn that t... (more)

Amtrak #933, test train for the Amtrak's Charger locomotives, descend down Raton Pass just north of the namesake New Mexico town. July, 2019.

UP 1943 (The Spirit of the Union Pacific) leads a 13 car officer special over the scenic Moffat Tunnel Line in August, 2019. Here, the officer special slows down to meet a loaded coal train at Rol... (more)

Snow has begun to fall near Barr Lake as a loaded coal train, pulled by a pair ex-BN MACs, begins to charge up to speed after slowing for a 10 MPH temporary speed restriction. A scene like this wa... (more)

Like a scene from the late 1990's, a pair of ex-BN executive MACs pull a 120 car Halsted, TX coal load over the hill of Keensburg, CO on a storm, cold, winter day.

A trio of GP39-3s haul a Longmont, CO to Denver, CO extra manifest train across the rolling landscape just north of Boulder, CO on a chilly January evening.

The smell of hot brake shoes is strong as 92 car loads of oil descend down two percent grade of Coal Creek Canyon along UP's Moffat Tunnel Route. The six locomotives (3x3) fight against gravity to... (more)

The Hudson Turn races westward across the farm lands of Keenesburg, CO as it heads back to its home yard of 31 St. Yard in Denver.

A loaded oil train descend down the Palmer Divide rumbles through Colorado Springs on a chilly December afternoon.

The absolute last rays of light peak over the mountains that surround Kingman, Ariz. as three GE motors hustle a Los Angeles, Calif. to Memphis, Tenn. intermodal train around the longest, continuo... (more)

UPS Peak Season is in full swing on railroad. Seen from the walls of Kingman Canyon, 7,600 ft of UPS cargo races across Arizona as six motors ( five online, one for backup), pull the second sectio... (more)

The last snow fall of the season has hit the Palmer Divide on the 8th day of May, 2019. The following day, the snow has quickly started to melt, but not before some trains were able to pass throug... (more)

Days after the Thanksgiving snow storm, the area of Ash Fork is still covered as the hotshot Alliance, TX to Phoenix, AZ Z-train makes its way through town.

Two days after the holiday snow storm, the Pica Flat region is still a frozen wonderland as the mercury reads 28 degrees. Here, an empty grain shuttle rumbles around the curve of Audley as it was ... (more)

The Chicago & Northwestern Heritage Unit leads the hot Global 1 (Chicago), IL to Los Angeles, CA intermodal train across the open landscape of Wyoming, near the small town of Sinclair on a windy M... (more)