The Trona Railway begins their day in the late afternoon with the temps pushing 112+ which really didnt seem to phase the crew with how efficient they were working.

CN C40-8s 2134 and 2040 lug a heavy M303 towards Jasper, passing Mile 231 of the Edson Sub.

CN SD60 5483 idles on the shops in Jasper.

After a brief crew change in Edson, CP Vancouver Coquitlam-Edmonton Walker train X310 resumes its trip east.

CN SD60 5427 and C40-8M 2411 sprint east with an 11,500' train of extra traffic.

"I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this!" A cool motive power consist idles on Jasper's shop track amidst quite a bit of smoking being blown into the area from o... (more)

A couple of remote control operators from the UP's 36th Street Yard head back to the operations shack on UPY 629 (GP15-1).

Bringing back the beautiful sounds of yesteryear, a freshly painted pair of SD45s heads east with a DGNO transfer. The train is bound for UP's Miller Yard.

A pair of classic Illinois Central "deathstar" SD40-3's, both wearing Operation Lifesaver decals, shove M342 up Byron hill.

A pair of CN GP9RM's, the leader being in the classic zebra stripe scheme, lead L508 up Byron hill.

The slickrock environment of the Kane Creek Subdivision means that washouts and sand dunes are a regular occurrence. Due to flash floods a few weeks previous, the Potash Local was under a slow ord... (more)

A UP local works in Jonesboro Yard with an ex-Cotton Belt GP60 (ex-SSW 9673). In the adjacent BNSF yard, a pair of former Santa Fe GP50s sit idle. BNSF 3174 is ex-ATSF 3821, and BNSF 3100 (now ... (more)

Soon to be resting in pieces. From what I've been told, CP 5833 is to be scrapped where it sits, on a siding off the CSXT Montreal Sub in Beauharnois. Built for CP in 1974, it will not be a... (more)

BNSF 1966 (SD40-2) crosses the South Platte River in Denver. Notice the faded BN side number of 6359.

Former Conrail 3333 switches the yard in High Point, NC with former N&W 6130 and 6129. Three SD40-2's working the same train is becoming a rare find.