The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad was training a bunch of fireman and engineers and ran a special freight to Antonito from Chama, NM. As the special train nears the Lobato area it scared this b... (more)

Three Rio Grande GP30s 3007-3008-3017 have the Tintic local ready to depart Provo. This is a scan from a slide taken some time in the 80s. If someone, James Belmont, has more /better information p... (more)

A southbound coal load is tucked away in the siding at Broad Pass, while on the mainline the Denali Explorer, a train for cruise passengers passes on the mainline. In the distance you can see the ... (more)

My first visit to Alaska in the winter produced a great week of clear skies and cold temperatures. The first train I saw on this trip was a southbound coal train bound for export via the Seward Co... (more)

Fall has arrived in South Central Alaska. A rather rare leader leads the 120N near Bird Point. The GP38-2s are usually yard power and to see and better yet hear one out on the mainline is quite a ... (more)

I had climbed this hill with the hopes of a catching the Northbound freight I heard on the scanner. Unfortunately, while I was here I saw 5 consecutive Southbounds and it wasn't until the shadows ... (more)

The southbound Denali Express is about to make the Denali station stop. Numerous passengers will disembark for their stay in the wilderness that is Denali. Just as many will reboard after completi... (more)

The MRONY heads east into a spring snow squall. Just minutes earlier the sun had been brightly shining and by the time we reach Sagers it would shining again.

A scan of a slide from 1989. Several rebuilt SD9s haul a rare freight on the DMIR I believe somewhere around Saunders? Corrections welcomed.

As opposed to current operations in 2002 it was common for the UP to send the MNYPU south in the later afternoon. This made for some prime viewing as the train would crest the Palmer Divide in the... (more)

BNSF 8896 Brings up the rear of an empty coal train heading into the siding at the appropriately named location of Academy. Located on the grounds of the US Air Force Academy this train would have... (more)

On what was a magnificient Saturday in Colorado BNSF 4701 with a loaded grain train in tow crests the Palmer Divide at Palmer Lake, CO and provides a nice reflection in the still, windless waters ... (more)

Nice fall colors on a nice fall day on the MRL

A Public Sevice of Colorado coal train awaits a new crew at Bond, CO on the former Rio Grande Dotsero cutoff.

A trio of Oakway SD60s are rounding the west leg of the wye at center Dutch, WY. This is the line from/to Decker, MT and the coal will head west through Sheridan, North to Billings before heading ... (more)