Gliding across the Rockies near Kremmling, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr follows the route of the former Rio Grande toward Salt Lake City at an impressive track speed of 60MPH.

Covered in ice and frost from an overnight low temperature of -12 degrees, an original Missouri Pacific lettered open hopper catches the first of the morning sun rays, stored in a spur in the smal... (more)

On an absolute cloud-free January afternoon in the desert Southwest, The Santa Fe intermediate semaphores signals at Wagon Mound bask in the afternoon sun, silhouetted against a vibrant blue sky. ... (more)

Eastbound on the C&O Big Sandy Subdivision to Shelby, brand new GE ES44AC's No. 3070 and No. 3074 lead mixed freight, CSX Q696 alongside the rural Big Sandy river valley. These new ES44AC's are sp... (more)

Westbound on the Santa Fe Transcon near Valentine, a mixed freight snakes its way through western Arizona on its trek west across the desert Southwest.

Disappearing into Big Four No. 2 Tunnel, NS' Erie and Southern Railway heritage locomotives assist an eastbound coal drag toward Bluefield along the route of the Norfolk & Western mainline.

Westbound on the Southern Railway mainline to Knoxville from Bristol, NS 37Q catches the exceptionally warm afternoon sun near Strawberry Plains, under the power of NS' Virginian Railway heritage ... (more)

Enroute to the CSX/Corman interchange at Thurmond, the entire locomotive roster for the West Virginia operations glide past the frigid Loup Creek falls in dynamic brakes.

Idling at the west end of the CSX/NS Ceredo Yard, Huntington Locomotive Shops rebuilt SD40-3 idles on the head end of a coal train, displaying CSX's "How tomorrow moves" boxcar logo. The trailing ... (more)

NS' Erie heritage SD70ACe trails on a westbound helper set destined for Farm to assist eastbound NS 83K over Elkhorn grade. Last week, NS' Lehigh Valley and original Norfolk Southern AC's were pai... (more)

Assisting eastbound coal loads toward Bluefield, NS' Southern and Erie heritage locomotives cross over the Tug Fork in downtown Welch, eastbound on the former N&W mainline.

NS' Southern heritage ES44AC and the Erie heritage SD70ACe depart Bluefield for Farm to assist eastbound coal loads over Elkhorn grade.

On a dreary and wet afternoon in eastern Kentucky, a pair of brand new GE ES44AC's from Erie lead their first revenue train, CSX Q696 from Russell to Erwin eastbound on the C&O Big Sandy Subdivisi... (more)

Departing CSX's Russell Terminal, a relatively clean ES44AC leads an empty coal drag past C&O's RU Cabin that once protected movements in and out of the east side of the yard. The four track mainl... (more)

Recently released from CSX's Huntington Locomotive Shops in the new "boxcar logo" scheme, GP38-2, No. 2640 trails on a westbound light power move from Huntington to Russell.