Just when you think winter is getting easier to handle, a Wisconsin blizzard will show up and set you straight. That was the case in February 1992 as SOO 6012 met a snowplow's work at Duplainville... (more)

During lake effect snowfall from nearby Lake Michigan on a bitterly cold day, Conrail’s ELPR freight meets an eastbound steel coil train at speed east of Rolling Prairie, Indiana, on January 15,... (more)

After a early season snowfall closed Union Pacific’s Limon Subdivision, also known as the Kansas Pacific or KP, Cheyenne-based rotary snowplow No. 900082 makes quick work of a drift east of Wild... (more)

BNSF Denver to Provo manifest freight exits Cliff siding at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on March 29, 2007.

On February 13th, 2019 it had just finished snowing after a major snowstorm and RUPO was rolling through town covered in ice from the freezing rains and snow from the storm. Snow plows had piled t... (more)

On April 9th, 2020 an unusual April snowstorm spread wet snow across the region of New England. Pan Am Railways train symbol PORU was just happening to make it's way up to Rumford in this weather ... (more)

Highball Sand Creek Junction

I still cannot believe I climbed that 18” deep snow covered slippery slope and waited in subzero windchills for this frame. The Big Boy, 4014 in ... (more)

The hydraulic wings of a spreader work great to push snow far back from the track. With the blades on the nose adjusted to push snow all to one side, Southern Pacific spreader MW 4034 cleans wet s... (more)

The Glory of Steam

The Union Pacific Big Boy has just leaned into its steam pressure amidst the most glorious of atmospheric conditions. Heavy snow and steam wrap around me and... (more)

In a springtime snowstorm in the Colorado mountains, Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr passes a hi-rail truck in the siding and a Herzog work train in the house track as it treads through the... (more)

Every surface is covered with frost and ice as Wisconsin Central train 39, powered by lone EMD SD45 No. 6521, switches cars at Hermansville, Michigan, on December 28, 1996.

A westbound Soo Line freight charges through Duplainville, Wisconsin, during a winter snowstorm on February 23, 1994. The interlocking plant at Duplainville is also lined up for an eastbound train... (more)

During a heavy snowfall the Big Boy is slowly walked through the switches at the end of the ex-DRGW North Yard. In a few hours the engine and crew will be back home in Cheyenne after a very busy y... (more)

Kyle Railroad plow No. MWK 06 slices through deep snow west of Edson, Kansas, on January 2, 2007. Needless to say, visibility for the crew in the pushing locomotives is non existent when plowing t... (more)

The Battle for the Pass has Begun.

Through 4-5’ of deep snow Denver & Rio Grande Western OY rotary steam powered snow plow is in full battle for the pass. Gently falling lar... (more)