Snow Day

On a cold, snowy morning, Durango And Silverton #482 takes train 261, the Cascade Canyon Express out of downtown Durango during a snow squall.

Snow is falling in the Union Pacific's North Yard as UP 1144 (GP60) waits for the yard crew.

BNSF rotary snowplow no. 972554 appears to be a hybrid of an older rotary blade and housing attached to a GP38-2. Interestingly, the plow has a 5 axle wheel arrangement, combining the use of an SD... (more)

The California Zephyr is about to enter the first of 29 tunnels as it runs on the Moffat Tunnel Sub in Plainview, Colorado.

The sound of EMD's fills the air, with four units hard at work as they bring Rochester & Southern's RS-1 south towards Scottsville, New York with a long train in tow for Silver Springs.

Amtrak 2017 leads train 2159 southbound at Attleboro through fresh fallen snow.

On Superbowl Sunday, an offshore storm brushed parts of Connecticut with a light snow accumulation. Looking south from the Bridge St. overpass in Ansonia, Metro-North train 6906 to Waterbury cross... (more)

Amtrak engine 171 (P42DC) leads the Winter Park Express Ski Train through Arvada, Colorado as the morning sunrise shines on the stainless-steel cars.

The Winter Park Express Ski Train does not use a baggage car, offering this unique view of the trailing engine from a passenger car.

The California Zephyr emerges from the West Portal of the Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park, Colorado.

Westbound UP ES44AC no. 7437 rolls along the Truckee River at Glenshire just outside the town of Truckee. From there the climb to the summit at Norden on Donner Pass really begins.

Eastbound BNSF ES44DC no. 7592 follows the Truckee River as it rolls down the eastside of the Sierra Nevada Mountains toward Reno Nevada.

Climbing eastbound to the summit of Donner Pass BNSF ES44AC no. 7437 rolls through Casa Loma with is mixed manifest.

State of Illinois. In a classic Chicago scene, Metra/METX 402 (MP36PH-3S, MPI, 1/2003) is seen passing under the former Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge at CP Morgan near Racine Avenue o... (more)

After running through 27 tunnels on the Moffat Line the Winter Park Express Ski Train runs through the canyon leading to Tolland, Colorado and will soon enter the 6.2-mile-long Moffat Tunnel.