Just a few yards from where the Eureka and Palisade narrow gauge railroad once ran, a UP manifest thunders across the Humboldt River.

Because BNSF doesn't own any track in the state of Nevada, it utilizes trackage rights over Union Pacific. On a gorgeous fall morning, this short 26 car train is seen entering Palisade Canyon on t... (more)

Powered by a pair of Union Pacific SD70Ms, an eastbound UP freight rolls through Palisade Canyon, Nevada, on Track 2. Both Southern Pacific and Western Pacific built their main lines through here ... (more)

West bound freight passing thru Palisade, NV where the SP once met the Eureka & Palisade narrow gauge. Rhe depot was about fifty yards in front of where I standing.

Conforming to the gently meandering bends in the Humboldt River the 'westbound main' of Union Pacific's Elko Subdivision (ex-SP) has just crossed under the eastbound main (ex-WP) in the background... (more)

A pair of 'goat boat' C44s, bracketing a younger sibling, pilot BNSF's westbound trackage rights manifest as it enters the east end of a snow dusted Palisade Canyon.

Westbound grain loads swim 'down stream' along the northern bank of the Humboldt River at the east end of Palisade Canyon. The EMD powered train is running on Southern Pacific rails while those of... (more)

With a head-end manifest block, a result of Union Pacific's newly adopted precision scheduled railroading, the westbound ZNPOA follows the meandering Humboldt through rugged Palisade Canyon.

Threading the Humboldt River in remote Palisade Canyon eastbound grain empties ride former Western Pacific iron en route to a crew change in Elko, Nevada. Coming in second place to lay rail throug... (more)

Mixed westbound in Palisade Canyon

An eastbound Union Pacific freight rumbles through stark Palisade Canyon and crosses the Humbolt River near west of Palisade, Nevada, on March 7, 2012. Both Southern Pacific and Western Pacific bu... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific freight snakes through Palisade Canyon, Nevada, on Track 2 on March 7, 2012. Both Southern Pacific and Western Pacific built their main lines through here alongside the ... (more)

In desolate Palisade Canyon, a Union Pacific local traveling west on Track 1 passes an eastbound freight on Track 2 with the Humbolt River separating them west of Palisade, Nevada, on March 7, 201... (more)

Snaking along the Humbolt River, an eastbound Union Pacific freight traverses rugged Palisade Canyon, Nevada, on March 7, 2012.

Empty coaltrain rolling through Palisade Canyon on a beautiful afternoon.