A rumbling SD45 and two GP40s approach the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel with a mixed load.
Westbound, east of Columbus, OH on the Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis line, a trio of Pennsy units handle it.
Westbound through Lancaster with some cool baggage cars.
Westbound double stack at Curtis Hill, OK, summit pulled by 4 Brand New GE Es44C4's - #'s 3894,3892,3893 and 3895.
The sky is smoky from the fires in Oregon even as far east as Wyoming. However, the sun still lights up the nose of an Eastbound double stack train as it enters the West Portal Hermosa cut.
Quiet Saturday for the bomb pop train.
Through the volcanic tunnels on the north side of the mighty Columbia River.
Right on time, Amtrak's westbound Chief approaches the summit of Raton Pass, negotiating the famous curves of Dick Wootton's ranch in Colorado just short of the New Mexico border.
Rolling through Temple on the main, past the Temple AT&SF depot and the museum that exists there now.
Southwest Chief ... not too terribly late ... rips along just having passed the tracks that hosted (until about a year ago) the Escalante Western.
Racing west into Arizona, into the sunset, BNSF 6188 leads past the beautiful cliffs at Lupton, AZ. The Navajo sandstone forms straddle the AZ/NM border here.
In the sun at the summit, while clouds and mist shroud the mountains to the west.
Empty coal hoppers head back to Wyoming through a Texas Panhandle Dust Storm. Bob Fox photo.
Sliding down Cajon Pass ...