With the afternoon light shinning on the Truckee River, UP 8638 leads its hot westbound Z train over the Sierra Nevada Mountains with a heavy smoking EMD second out.

The San Luis Central Railroad is a potato and agricultural chemical hauler operating between Monte Vista and Center, Colorado, a distance of 13 miles. The railroad is located in the fertile San Lu... (more)

Amtrak #6 is seen here crossing the meadowlands near it's next stop at Winter Park/Fraser. It has just passed a Union Pacific coal empty at Tabernash, with #6 taking the siding while the coal trai... (more)

Canadian Pacific coal trains meet at Ashcroft, British Columbia, on the morning of July 7, 2004. Three CP AC4400CWs haul a loaded train west along the Thompson River, and the town of Ashcroft can ... (more)

An eastbound loaded coal train grinds upgrade, east of Quinnimont, as seen from high above at the Grandview overlook. To the left of the scene, where the street lights are visible is the lcoation ... (more)

Retired in 1962, ex-D&RGW K-37 #494 sits on static display in Antonito with no plans to be restored to service. Behind the 494 is the C&TS's GE 44-tonner #19.

The Portland section of the Empire Builder cruises westward in the morning toward its next station stop at the Columbia River Gorge town of Bingen, WA. The industrial area of The Dalles is visibl... (more)

Several GEs lead a coal empty around Big Ten Curve as fog settles over the Denver Metro Area just after sunrise.

Lombard Canyon reflections
Traversing Lombard Canyon on the morning of September 15, 2012, an eastbound BNSF freight (probably a combined BNSF Spokane-Laurel/Montana Rail Link Missoula-... (more)

Traveling in the golden autumn of Beijing.

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train eases downgrade away from Tolland, Colorado, and crosses Boulder Creek on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The Continental Divide in the background has some of ... (more)