An eastbound Union Pacific stack train threads through stark Palisade Canyon, Nevada, and crosses the Humbolt River on March 7, 2012. The vastness of this barren landscape through Palisade Canyon ... (more)
Union Pacific #844 roars through Palisade Canyon on its way west towards Sacramento, CA. The 4-8-4 is running on the ex-Southern Pacific mainline. Both the ex-SP and the ex-WP mainlines share this... (more)
Union Pacific #844 storms through Palisade Canyon on its way east towards its ultimate destination of Cheyenne, WY. This train is running on the former Western Pacific mainline, while the autorack... (more)
Westbound at the site of Palisade, Nevada on the way to Winnemucca
A UP stack train heads eastbound on Track 2 through Palisade Canyon, Nevada, on March 7, 2012. Both Southern Pacific and Western Pacific built their main lines through here alongside the Humbolt R... (more)
A Union Pacific local traveling west on Track 1 meets an eastbound freight on Track 2 with the Humbolt River separating them in stark Palisade Canyon, Nevada.
A Eastbound string of reefers full of California produce are headed east and are about to go through the old townsite of Palisades
It is June of '73 and a WP U23B is leading a eastbound trailer train at the old townsite of Palisade in the Humboldt river canyon. The tunnels of the Espee (right) and the WP main can be seen in t... (more)
An eastbound manifest exits Palisade Canyon as it rolls east on former WP rails. A crew change at Elko is less than an hour away.
A westbound coal train with DPUs on the rear clears one of the several crossings of the Humboldt River at Palisade Canyon.
A mid-morning eastbound rolls through Palisades Canyon. Just west of this location is the isolated spot of Harney. On August 12, 1939, SP 101, the westbound City of San Francisco, derailed at 60 M... (more)
A UP freight heads east on the former Southern Pacific, through Palisade Canyon.
Westbound UP freight on the former Western Pacific, in Palisade, NV.
The view from atop Tunnel 1 on the ex-Southern Pacific at Palisade Canyon.
A westbound UP coal train roars uphills along the base of the mountains with the frozen, brackish waters of the Humboldt River in the foreground.