There was a time when the Rio Grande/SP ran grain trains west from Denver. Rio Grande 5342 leads a corn train bound for Fresno around Little 10 curve. In the background is the siding of Clay. Scan... (more)

The engineer & conductor of Alaska Railroad 4005 North, an empty coal train, are enjoying a fantastic view of Alaska's Turnagain Arm as they wheel 70 empties north towards Anchorage on a nice summ... (more)

after running the previous two Saturdays sans decorations the ARR decorated the Holiday Train for the final runs on Sat 12/14. Seen here about MP 100 along Turnagain Arm. Although it is 1035 AM th... (more)

Alaska Railroad GP38 2004 Rounds the big curve near Bird Point with a company ballast train including a caboose.

Colorado Springs is hopping this morning with both a northbound coal empty and a freight train rolling north. Throw in the UP and BNSF local power as well as a UP train in the Drake Power Plant. I... (more)

The company work train is loading rock on the mainline at Bird Point. After completing their loading they will run up the hill to MP 59 and dump, then repeat. Spring has arrived in the Last Fronti... (more)

Alaska Railroad SD70MAC crosses Glacier Creek just a half mile south of Girdwood. In the background are the Chugach Mountains. Some of Alaskas best skiing is in these mountains at Mt. Alyeska Ski ... (more)

The returning Coastal Classic is right on time. And although we are more than two hours from sunset the Chugach Mountains have blocked the sun from reaching the rails casting a shadow across the t... (more)

The Book Cliffs offer a nice complementary back drop for this shot of Rio Grande tunnel motor 5360 at Solitude, UT, scanned from a Kodachrome.

On a beautiful fall day a double header departs Chama headed for Cumbres. The colors were fantastic this particular year. I became of fan of the narrow gauge late in life but fortunately I was abl... (more)

UP's rotary snow plow clears the yard at Sharon Springs on the first day of 2007

Things can be pretty static in the 49th state so the chance to see something different brought me trackside on what was not the best day weather wise. Coming off the barge in Whittier were wind mi... (more)

Three Rio Grande tunnel motors, albeit one is in SP colors, traverse the horseshoe curve at Austin on Rio Grande's scenic North Fork branch. The local train dropped off empties and picked up loads... (more)

A nice rock outcropping helps to frame the train.

After waiting for this train for a few hours in Whittier the chase was on. The last train off of the barge at Whittier heads north towards Anchorage on what turned out to be a very fine afternoon.