The Mojave River Wash is momentarily free of 4x4s, ATVs, and other dust creating vehicles as the Denver Z wheels its way out of the Afton Canyon. Today the ZLADV was a little bit ahead of the time... (more)

A matched quartet of H2 Dash-9s lead an eastbound Z into Tunnel 2 on a hazy spring evening.

With UP 1996 third out, the LA-bound Brooklyn train rounds the sweeping curve at Warren.

Spring has sprung in the Tehachapis! With an abundance of rain this winter and past few weekends, the hills over the pass were lush with green grass and wildflowers. Rail traffic was fairly busy a... (more)

BNSF 9918 leads a coal train west across the Gallatin River in the former NP Junction town of Logan. There is little here that would suggest that this was once a bustling railroad town, but the ol... (more)

After holding at Austin siding to meet a loaded coal train, (visible on the right side of this picture) a nice trio of Executive MACs head downhill to their crew change at Helena. Had they gotten ... (more)

At dawn on a chilly Montana morning, another trainload of coal ascends Mullan Pass while the city of Helena sleeps upon the distant hills.

BNSF 9670 hits sunlight and fresh air as it exits the Mullan Tunnel and crests the Continental Divide. Behind them, black clouds of exhaust begin emit from the tunnel. Although this smoke show is ... (more)

It took a total of 10 locomotives to get this coal train across the continental divide. With Helena as the backdrop, BNSF 9670 is knuckled down against the grade. 71 cars back the mid-train helper... (more)

The brakeman swings aboard this 5-unit helper set as it prepares to head west of Helena to cut into a westbound coal train.

When confronted with mountains, railroad engineers often had no choice but to follow a choice river and its tributaries for miles till they found a location to punch through. The MRL's 4th Sub doe... (more)

UP 7877 leads the KLAG1 out the eastern entrance to the Afton Canyon. This train caught all the photographers that were here a bit off-guard, and I barely had time to scramble to this location to ... (more)

Just after sunrise on a chilly winter morning, the DPU on a westbound manifest spews heat waves as it trails its train into the shadowy Afton Canyon.

15 days previously, I'd stood on this same spot and snapped Photo 264924 on a snowy but sunny December day. This day I found an en... (more)

Ever since seeing a photo at Rowe in Trains magazine a decade ago, I've always wanted to visit Rowe, NM. As a flatlander, the undulating track, beautiful forested hills, and snow-capped mountains ... (more)