Storming Through the Meadows

Track speed on the high mountain meadows east of Rocky, Colorado Amtrak 6 is ducking below a rapidly developing severe thunderstorm cell abou... (more)

The arrival of the evening's #6 California Zephyr in the Colorado Rocky Mountains coincided with the beginning of a strong winter snow storm. Here Amtrak engine 23 (P42DC) runs through heavy snow... (more)

Under a stormy sky, Montana Rail Link’s Bozeman turn curves along the Yellowstone River leaving Columbus, Montana. MRL EMD SD45 No. 355 and SD40-2XR No. 252 power the westbound local on the aftern... (more)

This was the moment that the California Zephyr led by Amtrak engine 19 (P42DC) blasted through a four foot snow drift during the massive March 14th Snowmageddon snowstorm. The explosion of snow c... (more)

A Barstow to Tulsa manifest train leaves the Needles area as spring rain shower forms over the Mohave Valley area; seen from Park Moabi. With the division point changing to the state line, is sect... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway intermodal train climbs toward the town of Tehachapi, and the summit of the crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains, on a late winter’s day. BNSF ES44DC 7675, j... (more)

The #5 California Zephyr has a hard time of it today. After it left Denver Union Station it was stopped for 3 hours in Arvada, Colorado while track crews fixed a faulty switch. It then encounter... (more)

The National Weather Service has just issued a severe thunderstorm for the Trion and Summerville area as Southern 4501 leads the Summerville Steam special south across the Chattooga River bridge i... (more)

During a Montana snowstorm, an eastbound BNSF double grain empty curves through the flocked evergreens between Heron and Noxon on February 6, 2021. It’s snowing hard enough that you can’t read the... (more)

Hottest in the fleet
Santa Fe’s ultra hot 199 train flies across a wood trestle over Prairie Creek at Ancona, Illinois, on the afternoon of May 30, 1992. The Chicago to Richmond, Califor... (more)

Silver Lady in the Rockies

Homecoming was always a special occasion for me; I never missed an opportunity to capture the Silver Lady when she came home to her mountains. ... (more)

The first major rain storm of the year hit the Santa Barbara Subdivision from Los Posas to San Luis Obispo. Hitting Ventura just before sunset, it pours down on the Guadalupe hauler at Seacliff. W... (more)

As yet more snow falls over the Sierra UP's snow fighters use spreader set 4032/4031 to clear snow off the balloon. At right is the now gone Truckee Snow office. In the background the second sprea... (more)

A heavy snow squall blankets Salamanca, New York as the Buffalo & Pittsburgh's SIRI gets ready to depart southbound behind a trio of SD60I's. The morning crew will board here at the former BR&P st... (more)

A year ago to this day Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 stopped in Denver and was pounded by a massive snow storm. With heavy snow falling, the UP team has cleared switches in the North Yard of ice and ... (more)