Having visited Utah on numerous occasions I have never been fortunate enough to catch the former KCC GP39-2s working. On this particular trip on a drive to somewhere else I decided on a whim to ma... (more)

Alaska Railroad's Anchorage Yard basically sits between downtown Anchorage and Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson. Every other year the base hosts Artic Thunder Air Show featuring among others the Th... (more)

A nice set of Utah Helper is at East Soldier Summit ready to return to Martin light engine. It was quite a sight to see 3 ex-BN F45 in the consist.

Alaska Railroad SD70MAC brings up the rear of a cruise train headed from Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage to the cruise train docks in Seward. The passengers on this trip are afforde... (more)

A beautiful fall morning on the MRL

As this empty heads to the West Elk Load out it passes another empty that will soon be loading at the Bowie Resources Load Out.

I made my first trip to New England in 1985 right after the Guilford merger but before too many units were repainted. One thing I didn't expect to find was a Central Vermont unit switching in Port... (more)

On the day after Christmas Rio Grande caboose 01513 brings up the rear of the Colorado Springs local. This caboose was previously plastered with graffiti and was recently repainted into this quasi... (more)

Earlier I posted a shot of this train crossing Hurricane Gulch. What was even more amazing was that this train was trailing a caboose. The Alaska RR work trains still use 1 of the 3 still in servi... (more)

Just as I snap the shutter a vehicle darts across the intersection. Fortunately it was just another near miss on Mason Street in Fort Collins, CO

I wished I would have kept notes in these early days so I would have a better idea of what is depicted and where. But to the best of my knowledge this is the Sunset Limited passing a semaphore eas... (more)

The Chugach Mountains dwarf a northbound freight fresh off the barge in Seward. During the winter the ships that normally call on the Port of Anchorage must unload in Seward as Anchorage is not an... (more)

The fall colors in Healy Canyon are a sight to behold as the second to the last northbound Denali Star traverses the short but incredibly scenic canyon on a nice fall day in the last frontier.

The first passenger train of the morning passes the Hermosa Glider Port on a beautiful morning.

UP's daily manifest freight between Roper Yard in Salt Lake City and Denver's North Yard rolls by the switch to the Craig Branch at Orestod, CO on a bitterly cold but clear day.