Denver & Rio Grande Western 487 works hard through The Narrows with its freight train on a sunny summer morning.

Denver & Rio Grande Western 488 and 484 storm upgrade at the Second Highway Crossing with the morning Cumbres Turn.

ATSF 528 E/B Intermodal crossing Bridge 7 near the top of Abo Canyon, NM on October 5, 1996 with BNSF 131, a GP60B and SDF40-2. I wish I had taken more Abo photos from this vantage point.

ATSF 223 E/B Intermodal crossing Bridge 6 near the top of Abo Canyon, NM on October 21, 1995 with ATSF 7445, 154 & 159.

Morning Backlit Majesty One of many runby opportunities at the this memorable photo charter just before the C19 shutdown.

Snow Blower Runby One of many runby opportunities at the this memorable photo charter just before the C19 shutdown.

BNSF 4488 leads an eastbound at the railroad's crossing of the continental divide at Gonzales, NM. The railroad is left-hand running due to grade considerations, with the westbound main curving aw... (more)

BNSF 7493, 7529, & 3856 lead westbound stacks.

BNSF 9176 & MRL 4308 lead eastbound empties out of Abo canyon.

BNSF 7452, 4212, & 3883 power westbound stacks.

BNSF 5500, 4174, & 7411 lead eastbound stacks.

ATSF 633 leads an E/B Intermodal near Kayser, NM on April 1, 1995 while most of the light dusting of snow has melted off. In the background you can see the trailing piggybacks.

Burlington Northern 7122 E/B Intermodal at Dalies, NM on May 23, 1998 with MRL 308 and BN 8069 & 7486. The early years of BNSF but even then rare to see all BN power without any ATSF power on an i... (more)

BNSF 505 E/B Intermodal near the top of Abo Canyon on December 27, 1997, with an EMD BN unit and EMD ATSF unit. This was an extremely cold morning dropping to -14 in nearby Mountainair, NM earlier... (more)

Near the end of a 19 day / 5300 mile road trip just by luck I was in the right place at the right time and with perfect light. UP / CNW 1995 Heritage Unit is on the point of a southbound at the... (more)