Morning Rocky Mountaineer Snow I was notified a few days ago about the consist of the Rocky Mountaineer being used for a charter to Las Vegas Friday November 4, 2022. To our surprise thi... (more)

The Rocky Mountaineer passenger train runs through Coal Creek Canyon as it begins the journey into the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

The Rocky Mountaineer's lead engine 8021 (GP40-3) guides the passenger train through the curves of South Draw on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

CSX Y128 returns from the only customer served on the south end of the former Monon as it heads south back to Osborn yard in Louisville. North of New Albany the line has been rail banked since 20... (more)

CSXT 6561, built as BO 4128, idles at the side track in downtown Franklin. Seen in the background is a former C&O caboose, now seldom used in local operations in the Franklin area.

Having just worked on the siding at Siloam Springs, AR, the Watts Dodger local heads north across a bridge on a gloomy October 24, 2022.

Early on the morning of Monday, October 24, 2022, the crew of the Watts Dodger local build their train at the Watts, OK yard.

Autumn Evening at the Great Divide Along the banks of the South Boulder the eastbound Rocky Mountaineer is rolling the tangent out of the Gun Barrel from Boulder Park. The James Peak W... (more)

The Rocky Mountaineer climbs toward Tunnel 1 just east of Plainview, Colorado, on the morning of October 19, 2022. With evergreens dominant on much of Colorado’s Front Range mountains, fall colo... (more)

A quartet of GP's emerge from a grove of maple and oak trees as they round the bend into Kane, Pennsylvania with the WAJO local making an uncommon daylight appearance on the A&E Sub as it heads to... (more)

A Very Popular Location Twice this week, a week where I couldn’t walk up I fly for my usual takes I’m greeted by numerous rail fans playing the tunnel 1 area at Coal Creek. Repeat ... (more)

The Rocky Mountaineer leaves tunnel 1 behind and begins the climb towards the Moffat Tunnel.

The Rocky Mountaineer's 8021 (GP40-3) has a great looking paint job to match the passenger cars in their fleet.

The Rocky Mountaineer passenger train passes through the cut in Coal Creek Canyon as it runs towards Denver, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

I was glad that the local crew in the yard seen we needed more power at the shops after we showed up. So on this Monday morning they brought over the 3 geeps on the right and parked them. That mad... (more)