The Santa Train rolls out of the Haysi stop and past the photo line at the abandoned loadout.

Watching from above at the Chamberlain Lake Rest Area as Westbound BNSF C44-9W no 4668 rolls through Tunnel No. 9 with its grain train strung along Chamberlain Lake.

4927 & 5040 padded the Corona Arch Trail

5040 & 4927 pass Gold Bat Canyon whilst hauling the Potash Local

5040 & 4927 pass the Corona Arch whilst hauling the Potash Local from Grand Jct

Spectacular view down in Ruby Canyon of the Colorado river from Knowles Canyon Overlook near Utaline, Co. A mixed UP freight with 3 GE locomotives in front and SD70ACe # 8336 shoving in the rear i... (more)

The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad morning train out of Chama navigates the shelf of Windy Point as it climbs the 4% grade out of the Rio Chama Valley up into Cumbres.

Four GE motors lead a 15,000 ft stack train down the 1.6% grade of Nelson Canyon as it brings up the rear of a fleet of westbound traffic that is running short on crew hours.

HW2 noses onto the trestle over Glenora Falls on route to Himrod after completing a morning working Cargill salt mine in Watkins Glen.

Along the Dotsero Cutoff, the tracks cross from one side of the Colorado River to the other multiple time. One such bridge is right around MP 149.5 in red canyon. I am not sure if red canyon is th... (more)

In 1906, surveyors for David Moffat decided that Gore Canyon was the route the railroad would take on its way west. Four tunnels were built through some of the solid rock faces. 118 years later, a... (more)

Passing Green River Butte, rising on the edge of town, a Union Pacific Quality Perishables Manifest, making its way from Roseville CA to North Platte NE, slows for a crew change. Union Pacific ET... (more)

They'll Find a Way: One of only a handful of SP-patched AC44s that UP still has on their active roster, UP 6236 leads the famed UP LDG51B potash local as they ascend the grade out of Moab and into... (more)

On July 14, 2024, BNSF’s Laurel to Denver freight follows the Bighorn River past milepost 414 through Sheep Canyon between Spence and Stucco, Wyoming. In only a few more miles and the train wil... (more)

AT&SF, Santa Fe SD75M 234 leads a eastbound at mp518 in Kingman Canyon, Arizona. April 15, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo