A track inspection train passes in front of Calf Robe Mountain in Glacier National Park.

This is a UP passenger special turning on the wye. Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.

A westbound Union Pacific passenger special crosses the Colorado River as it approaches Burns, Colorado, running over the Dotsero Cutoff on August 3, 2014. Powering the nine-car train is EMD SD70A... (more)

Back when the circus came to town Gary Zeitler caught the silver train. From my collection.

On the date the F40PH must have failed and had to be dragged in. I always wondered what happens when HEP fails and there is no backup. Do the cars have some way of generating heat? Important to... (more)

Tattered BNSF B40-8Ws 542 and 558 shove a geometry train through Division Street, making for a pretty odd sight.

BNSF ES44C4 #3272 speeds through Byron,GA at 50mph with 14 cars from BNSF's passenger fleet on its way back to home rails coming from the annual Masters Tournament in Augusta

NS train 955 eases in to Macon, GA, for a crew swap, with a 14-car BNSF office car special returning from a week of use in Augusta at the Masters Golf Tournament.

A Union Pacific Officer's Special train sits in a snowstorm in the North Yard in Denver, waiting for passengers to arrive.

Spring Snow and Elite Service Westbound towards Provo a passenger special with retirement of a Union Pacific executive and some friends makes a trip through a typical winter storm warn... (more)

The snow is falling fast as UP 4404 (SD70M) waits for passengers to load up an officer's Special passenger train, which will run up the Moffat Tunnel Sub and through the Continental Divide.

A contractor fuels the locomotives on the "Shasta Daylight 1990" special at Redding, California. The train would soon move into the passenger depot to entrain passengers for the return t... (more)

The last operating MLW S7 brings the Easter Bunny Express back to the station.

UP 5518 (C45ACCTE) leads the California Zephyr 6 through Coal Creek Canyon in Colorado.

I Had Hoped for Matched Power! Still interesting, not my plan on this second run west in preparation for the 2023 season.