Rio Grande's priority piggyback train #101 glides west through Spanish Fork Canyon at Castilla. Train 101 was interchange received from the BN at Denver and delivered to the SP at Ogden.

The Potash local out of Grand Jct., CO, only ran on Fridays down to Potash, UT, and back. The local used the Crane Creek Branch which was a very remote 37 miles of scenic branch line south of the ... (more)

With seven box cars of Coors beer from Golden, SP's Denver, CO to Oakland, CA Forwarder glides downgrade through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon.

A nice four back of EMD motors shove hard on Rio Grande lumber drag #126, heading east through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching Rio.

Set of Rio Grande helpers descend the west slope of Tennesee Pass back to Minturn, passing through Deen Tunnel. NOTE: Photo shot THRU the tunnel, and power is going AWAY from photographer. Be Safe... (more)

No Saturation added! The colors in the high thin air of the Rockies are so vivid, they sometimes appear unreal. Peak fall colors greet eastbound #140 roaring up the Three Percent out of Pando, app... (more)

Fully engaged now on the climb out of Phippsburg, 105 coal loads grind their way westbound, sun and shadows playing havoc with the exposures but briefly bathing the head end's four SD40T-2's with ... (more)

One-hundred and five westbound loads of coal slowly snake through the canyon near Haybro, Colorado. Four SD40T-2's are up front, two more shoving as the through helper on the rear. Four more will ... (more)

A coal empty wraps around the spectacular double-horseshoe curve between Bond and Crater on the climb up Toponas summit en route to Craig for reloading. The usual black locomotives and black coal ... (more)

Dynamic brakes howling, four SD40T-2's keep 95 cars of Yampa basin coal from hurtling down the Toponas Summit grade, descending 2% Rock Creek Canyon above Crater, turning back on itself with a 10 ... (more)

Amid the beauty of the annual Fall Color Show, 78-car eastbound train #140 grinds it up on the Three Percent climb above Pando, emerging from Deen Tunnel with SD40T-2 5406 leading GP40/GP40/SD45. ... (more)

Rio Grande coal train #772 rolls east along the Mapleton Bench on the outskirts of Spanish Fork. A long cut of GS gondolas gives this 772 a certain 'flashback' coal train appeal, although these ca... (more)

ATN Northbound Freight Train Z389 (Birmingham to Gadsden, AL.) passing through 32nd Street Interlocking in Birmingham, AL.

After drilling baretables, it's break time.

Rio Grande train #734 leads 84 Intermountain Power coal empties bound for loading at Skyline on D&RGW's scenic Pleasant Valley Branch.