It's a muggy summer evening with a T-Storm brewing behind me as CSX's Monon heritage locomotive #1897 leads empty Coal Train E248-14 northbound through Calera, AL. passing by the Western Maryland ... (more)

CSX's Family Lines heritage locomotive #1972 leads northbound empty Coal train E239-08 through Pelham, AL.

The Rocky Mountaineer rolls down the Dotsero Cutoff paralleling the Colorado River

Amtrak #5 skirts along the Colorado River down the Dotsero Cutoff

Three UP swing helpers pass a D&RGW searchlight departing Bond up the Craig Branch with an empty coal train

A Union Pacific empty Intermountain Power coal train climbs the 2.1% grade out of Bond, CO making their way up the Craig Branch bound for Energy Mine.

UP 7690, 7483, & 5249 sprint east with a stack train.

During our week trip that included Summerail we catch a southbound NS intermodal crossing CSX's former CR main. They will parallel CSX's former C&O Line for about 1/2 mile south then go their own... (more)

Monon #51 sits in the Monon's Lafayette, IN shop undergoing maintenance. Kodachrome slide. Photographer unknown, John E. Troxler collection.

Granite Symphony Granite and steel, a symphony plays in the canyon walls. OXPSJ-12 May 19, 2024

Tunnel 16 Amtrak 5 the California Zephyr is running through the big tangent in South Draw from tunnel 16 on June 14, 2024.

2” an Hour MGJNY is at the ESS at East Portal, CO in 2” an hour Moffat Cement Snowfall.4/27/24

Rapid Development Z CHIDEN3 09 with BNSF 3971 moving with speed restrictions over high wind warnings near MP.500 with supercell V3 with 1” radar indicated hail tracking ESE at 24kts wa... (more)

Winter Park Express Amtrak Winter Park Express 1105 Tunnel 7 MP.28 Eldorado Springs, CO 3/29/24 08:06

Moffat Cement MGJNY 3/15/24 Better than 5 feet of snow fell under the Great Divide along the Moffat Road in this storm. The morning investment started trackside for the GJ crawling f... (more)