Nearing the longest day of the year BNSF4309 blasts across Skyline trestle with a westbound grin train. It is a little after 8 pm as sun finally begins to behind the divide......It will remain lig... (more)

It is wickedly cold in Idaho Falls. It was well below zero standing by the falls on this crystal clear morning. Battling the cold was rewarded by this eastbound manifest...

UP5929 slugs it out on the 2% compensated grade approaching Tunnel 1. A classic Moffat location....

The rear DPU shoves in RUN8 up the 2% slope of winter Park Hill. The train will crest the continent inside the Moffat Tunnel....

UP5874 thunders up the 2.4% grade above the Gooseneck curves between Nolan and Kyune. What it would have been to spend just one afternoon here in 1946. L105's & L107's thundering upgrade must ha... (more)

DRGW 487 is rounding Windy Point and is now in full assault of the final few hundred yards of 4%. If all these cars had been loads this train would have been quite near the tonnage limits for the... (more)

DRGW 487 has rounded Windy Point and is now in full assault of the final few hundred yards of 4%. Other than the paved highway this could have easily passed for 1955. Photo Charters such as Lerr... (more)

DRGW (C&TS) 487 heads west towards Cumbres. I had the opportunity to attend Lerro's October Charter...Great Time!

These are the swing helpers on Utah5001 west. The straight section of track the locomotives are sitting on is the steepest portion of the climb for Solider Summit... A knuckle busting 2.5%! This... (more)

The straight section of track the locomotives are sitting on is the steepest portion of the climb for Solider Summit... A knuckle busting 2.5%! This heavy coal load for Intermountain Power has a... (more)

UP6031 twists thru the 10 degree curves of Coal Creek Canyon. It is an unrelenting 50+ mile climb to the Moffat Tunnel. The toughest section of grade is between Leyden and Plainview. The Moffat i... (more)

Utah 5001 climbs into the beginning of the 2%+ near Castle Gate. In a couple miles the grade will increase to a ruling 2.4%, but this Utah Load will still make excellent time with 11 high horsepow... (more)

BNSF 9179 is shiny and new, as the last rays of sunshine light up Skyline Trestle. There was only 15 minutes of light left as the head-end passed over the trestle. On the rear and swing are man... (more)

UP7490 pulls Hindman hill with a westbound intermodal in tow. The head-end of the train sits on a 1% grade while about half-way back in the photo grades drop off on a mountainous 2.2%.

DRGW 12633 rests at Granger Wyoming on a cold January Morning. This car is noteworthy for being the only DRGW hopper repainted into Southern Pacific's speed lettering paint scheme. It also has not... (more)