A day after much of the Salt Lake Valley got hit with a foot of snow. The Chevron local nears Roper yard, after doing it's work at the Salt Lake refineries.

A pleasant surprise. We drove onto Route 66, and were immediately greeted by a Warbonnet leading a train. Granted she is not the beauty she once was. But it is nice to know there are a few dash 9'... (more)

I raced up line to intercept the return trip of the Grand Canyon train. I made it with about 5 minutes to spare. They sure operate a beautiful train.

I got to photograph the BNSF trans-con in Arizona, for the first time in 16 years, this last weekend. I was treated to a beautiful snow covered landscape on Sunday morning. BNSF 8070 and 8125 lead... (more)

How often can the crew hang out of the cab, and see their own rear end device. What I believe to be captive power to Colton yard. With SDP45's on the ends, and a SD9 and I believe an SD39, The odd... (more)

Definitely the best looking set of power of the day. UP 9041 still looking good with the original paint. And UP 7146 with a fresh coat of paint from it's overhaul.

I haven't chase a train on the Lynndyl sub, for awhile like this one. With precision railroading the trains have just enough power theoretically. So every time there is any type of climb, they slo... (more)

I was thinking about going out this morning. That plan was accelerated when I heard a train horn. The sun wasn't up yet, where I was, so I head west with the train. When I was done today, I end up... (more)

ATSF 537 rolls across the open spaces of New Mexico, with a verity pack of locomotives paint schemes. On the rear is a SF30C still earning her keep on former home rails, but now as a leased locomo... (more)

A couple Southern Pacific AC4400CW's 349 341 haul a manifest over the ex Rio Grande main. Price River Canyon.

SP SD40T-2 8288, D&RGW SD45 5329, SP SD45-T2 9309 and SD40-T2 8354 are grinding up Cajon Pass. Sullivan's Curve is in the background.

After a heavy snow storm the night before. The Phoenix to Winslow high priority manifest, shows up in town with eight locomotives. With a GP30 on the point, GP35's and a B23-7, and who know what e... (more)

This unit has an interesting story. Originally it was a General Electric warranty protection unit, GECX 4001. It was eventually purchase by Union Pacific and wear's 7001. It appears to have had an... (more)

After work today, I drove across the tracks to see if I could see anything. I was in luck, green signal. Five minutes later I had this empty coal train heading for Helper.

Classic Southern Pacific, working on Tehachapi, with a CSX friend in the mix.