UP CNW heritage run through arrives at the end of its journey deep into CSX territory after making an overnight run across New York. CNW power is no stranger to Selkirk Yard as it made regular vis... (more)

UP #4104 leads westbound NS train 135 as it departs Old Fort and begins the climb up the Old Fort Loops.

A UP C40-8 leads westbound NS autorack train 25N as it snakes its way through downtown Jefferson City, TN.

Inside the heart of a steam locomotive: Well, maybe the boiler is the heart, but perhaps we can think of the firebox as where a locomotive gets her “life.” The famous Union Pacific No. 844 gets so... (more)

Union Pacific No. 844 gets some off-season work done at the Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 25, 2013. Work is being done on the superheaters and firebox, among other things. Steam locomo... (more)

Always a favorite, Union Pacific No. 844 gets some off-season work done at the Steam Shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on March 25, 2013. Note the easily-seen twin stacks with the smokebox door removed a... (more)

An SD60M and an SD60 shortly after exiting the Hermosa tunnels are heading towards Laramie.

This heavily loaded eastbound ballast train is just crawling up the 1 percent grade on a nice winter afternoon in the Sonoran Desert. Even had some "Kodachrome Skies" for this one!

UP 8630 shoves on the rear of the ZLTLC as it climbs through Marcel.

Railway and four lanes of interstate 90--and the South Fork of the Coeur d-Alene River--share the narrow canyon west of Mullan in the Bitterroot Mountains, where a short westbound Kellogg Local dr... (more)

Small-town life in the tiny town of Mullan Idaho goes on uninterrupted as a pair of GP38-2's bring a short train of silver ore down the 3% grade from Lucky Friday mine, en route to Kellogg and eve... (more)

Now on the final leg of it's 1,000+ mile trip from Seattle, Amtrak 166 leads the "San Joaquin Starlight" over the bridge at Ilmon.

This Union Pacific GE Evolution series leads a rather short 3x1 intermodal train downgrade through Bealville on a fine Spring afternoon.

The UP's North Local shoves into the plant at Prairie Creek to make a pickup. In charge is a Cotton Belt (SSW) painted GP60, followed by a UP GP38-2. Built as the SSW 9662 in October of 1989, this... (more)