The southernmost foothills of the Rocky Mountains shine in the early morning sun as Amtrak's Southwest Chief negotiates the tight bends of the famed Raton Pass.
Negotiating the curves entering Clay, Colorado, on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe coal train on the afternoon of July 5, 2003. The head end is already a... (more)
The chase is on! After leaving Keddie midday, track work near Paxton delayed this train long enough that it ended up making a run down the heart of the Feather River Canyon in some awesome afterno... (more)
At sunrise on September 23, 2008, Montana Rail Link’s Polson Local, powered by MRL GP9 No. 111 and GP35 No. 402, heads north at milepost 16, between Charlo and Ronan, Montana. The magnificent Mi... (more)