The 488 leaves Chama in a hurry leaving a great plume of smoke behind. There was much activity in the yard today as special trains were being set up. The 315 with a special freight and chase train... (more)

The 487 pulls a passenger train up grade past Los Pinos water tank. It's just a few more miles before it makes it to Cumbres, after which it will be all down hill.

The 315 zips past the Horseshoe curve at Los Pinos. This was a photographers special where the photographers rode in a special chase train ahead of the 315.

A GP39-2 and GP30 wait at the loco facilities at Greybull. This is a former CB&Q line now part of the BNSF. This part of the line runs between Denver, CO and Laurel, MT, crossing over the UP at Ch... (more)

An ATSF SD39 with slug switches a train in Barstow yard. It wears the short lived Kodachrome paint scheme in anticipation of the merger with SP, which eventually didn't happen. This was also near ... (more)

A pair of GP35's are used as yard switchers somewhere in Oklahoma.

A quartet of SD40T-2 tunnel motor helpers returns to Minturn after helping a train over the pass. Here they follow the Eagle river that flows through the pass. At this time the SP was purchased by... (more)

An ATSF SD45 helps a trio of UP units on the grade at Matfield Green with an Oklahoma gas and electric coal train.

Six SD40-2's including one from C&NW haul a train over the transcontinental mainline towards the Wasatch mountains. This mainline follows Interstate 80 most of the way through Wyoming.

Three SD40-2's and a B30-7A are about to enter the Bozeman tunnel. Chasing this train up and down the hills, with the hard braking caused the pads on my brakes to get sheared off their mountings.... (more)

A Silverton bound passenger train runs through very scenic canyons. The train follows the Animas river pretty much most of the way to Silverton.

An SP SD40T-2 and SD45T-2 haul and empty coal train over the Tennessee Pass line along the eagle river. It will shortly be in Minturn where the helpers were stationed.

A quartet of six axle power struggles up Peru Hill on it's westward trek.

A photographers special is traveling through the Los Pinos Valley as a chase train for the 315. There are plenty of cattle grazing throughout the valley and they seem to be oblivious to the train.... (more)

A photographers special chase train for the 315 climbs towards Cumbres through the Los Pinos Valley. The train just traversed a horseshoe curve and the track on the other side can be seen in the d... (more)