Three GP40-2s (3002, 3012, 3008) each wearing a unique paint scheme in descending order from most recent to most vintage lead a work train south along Turnagain Arm on a cold blustery Saturday.

The scarlet bloody nose of this classic high nose EMD seems all the more bold amid a late winter snow squall. Thanks to the fine folks at the Utah State Railroad Museum it's not hard to imagine t... (more)

On a cold crisp Saturday afternoon an ARR company work train clips south along the ARR mainline enroute to Portage to set out some cars before turning around and coming back north. The three GP40... (more)

SLGW's distinctive former UP switcher backs into the ancient wooden car barn off North Temple Street just west of downtown Salt Lake. In a remarkable bit of good fortune while swinging in to the ... (more)

It's one of the coldest days of the year so far. -25 when this shot was taken just before 3 PM and the temperature would dip to nearly 40 below zero during the night! Two geeps idle on the main ... (more)

The ARR's Fairbanks diesel shop is stuffed full of assorted locomotives. They aren't in here for work, but simply to keep warm. It's more than 20 degrees below zero outside at this northernmost ... (more)

Just in case you were wondering...no, you aren't welcome in the Provo Yard. No matter...a muddy dirt road that is a public thoroughfare passes smack dab through the middle providing the enterpris... (more)

With two GEs on the point and two on the rear sandwiching 80 aluminum hoppers, UP's Skyline Mine to Barstow coal train snakes through the red narrows on the former Rio Grande mainline. A spectacu... (more)

On a spectacular President's Day afternoon, two big GEs lead Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Barstow, CA coal load out of the 3009 ft. Thistle Tunnel through Billy's Mountain in Spanish Fork Canyon... (more)

It's still nearly a month away from the summer solstice yet at 1:30 in the morning it never gets truly pitch dark for one to practice their night shooting skills. The sky takes on some rich hues o... (more)

Symmetry in Steel - On a spectacular President's Day afternoon, the rear helpers on Union Pacific's Skyline, UT to Barstow, CA coal load can be seen after emerging from 3009 ft. Thistle Tu... (more)

Now THAT's what I call exhaust - even an Alco would be jealous! A pair of geeps sit on the "mainline" in front of the Fairbanks yard office humming away in high idle working hard just to ... (more)

It's cold windy and spectacularly beautiful along Turnagain Arm on this Saturday morning. The 70 car unit coal train is headed to Seward, but before reaching that tidewater community two brutal mo... (more)

Three SD70MACs are seen on the rear of a 70 car unit coal train as it coils around a curve and heads toward the Twenty Mile River and the marshy flats around Portage. On the head end of this trai... (more)

Three SD70MACs are coiling their way south with 70 loads of coal and 3 more MACs on the rear trailing obediently behind. Just about 40 miles out of Anchorage - the crew has been enjoying a flat wa... (more)