On the Minntac sub heading north to the largest taconite processing facility in the world to load iron ore pellets.

Tried and tested, reliable snow clearing equipment of the Rigi Railways in use on Rigi Staffel. On the left, the snow blower locomotive He 2/3 # 8, built in 1930 by SLM and MFO for the Arth-Rigi R... (more)

Electric cogwheel snow blower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 of the Rigi Railways (RB) in operation on Rigi Staffel. There is more snow than ever this winter towards the end of April. The three-axle locomo... (more)

BNSF 8336 and BNSF 6075 (25th Anniversary Unit), leads NS 267 westbound on the NS Sandusky District in Delaware, Ohio.

New snow blankets Coal Creek Canyon as the California Zephyr heads into the Colorado Rocky Mountains on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

There was about half a meter of fresh snow on the Rigi mountain, almost more than ever this winter. The electric locomotive He 2/2 # 18 of the Rigi Bahnen from 1938 (SLM and BBC) with the diesel s... (more)

The entire snow clearing composition on the Vitznau side of the Rigi, i.e. the former Vitznau-Rigi Railway, in Rigi Staffel. There was about half a meter of fresh snow, almost more than ever this ... (more)

More snow then ever this winter on Rigi Staffel. Cogwheel railcar Bhe 2/4 # 2 of the Rigi Bahnen, built in 1937 for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn, is shoving the snow plough X # 102 built in 1931. The pan... (more)

Electric cogwheel snow blower locomotive He 2/3 # 8 of the Rigi Railways clearing track 2 on Rigi Staffel. There is more snow than ever this winter towards the end of April. The three-axle locomot... (more)

More snow on Rigi Staffel than ever before this winter towards the end of April. Cogwheel locomotive He 2/2 # 18 of the Rigibahnen, built in 1938 by SLM and BBC for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB) wit... (more)

More snow on Rigi Staffel than ever before this winter towards the end of April. Cogwheel locomotive He 2/2 # 18 of the Rigibahnen, built in 1938 by SLM and BBC for the Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn (VRB) wit... (more)

Snow in Colorado is spring isn’t unusual, and another cloaked the Front Range on April 19, 2024. The next day, BNSF’s Provo to Denver priority freight descends Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel ... (more)

BNSF 6295 (ES44AC) exits the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel and runs into a snowstorm that is dropping four inches of snow on the Moffat line.

The California Zephyr 5 train through Coal Creek Canyon during snow and heavy fog.

Amtrak engine #157 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr 5 train through Coal Creek Canyon after a snowstorm coated the valley with a few inches.