Over 30000 tons worth of a double grain train meanders 'down stream' through Palisade Canyon on Central Pacific's portion of the original transcontinental railroad. The CP (SP) was later joined by... (more)

Much has been written over the years about the mystique of the Santa Fe and the boundless beauty of the Southwest in which the railroad built through to achieve the Pacific. Kingman Canyon testifi... (more)

Running nearly 10 hours late the eastbound California Zephyr makes a rare daylight appearance on 'home rails' in northeastern Nevada. Having just departed the paired track mainlines at Alazon the ... (more)

Union Pacific's westbound paired track local enjoys the late day sun as it meanders down grade along side the Humboldt River.

As a light snow falls in Carlin Canyon the daylight inspired red and orange of Southern Pacific heritage locomotive #1996 adds some color to the wintery scene.

A westbound Union Pacific Z train is dwarfed by the colorful rock formations within Rainbow Canyon as it drifts down grade at Boyd, NV.

Morning sun illuminates the Mojave Desert as a westbound Z train pulls the grade up Ash Hill on main one at Klondike. Trailing the road power is the recently (cosmetically) restored Santa Fe 5704.... (more)

Returning from Ft. Collins and having just crossed back into Wyoming, BNSF's Cheyenne local hurries 'home' led by the sharp looking duo of Grinstein SD70MAC 9658 and warbonnet C44-9W 765.

Leaving out the 'old way' UP 1111 departs Cheyenne yard with a mixed freight as UP 7822 charges out of town on P2 with a priority westbound intermodal.

As yet more snow falls over the Sierra UP's snow fighters use spreader set 4032/4031 to clear snow off the balloon. At right is the now gone Truckee Snow office. In the background the second sprea... (more)

BNSF and their heritage...BNSF 6017 still fresh in its heritage 'stickers' scheme leads a Texas bound load of black diamonds across the old Santa Fe bridge near Larkspur, Colorado.

Roseville bound tonnage emerges from the Norden shed, led by a 'Sierra 5200', with a classic SP signal bridge framing the snowy scene. At the time the searchlight installations at Norden were (and... (more)

With a trio of Union Pacific motors up front the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey 'blue unit' circus train drifts through the many curves approaching the end of double mains at Cable on Calif... (more)

With Southern Pacific inspired heritage colors leading the charge a westbound manifest makes its way across the Sidney Subdivision at Point of Rocks, Nebraska.

Looking back to 4014's return to the mainline, under steam, an event nearly 60 years in the making. As the shadows grew long and the sun minutes away from slipping below the horizon there was work... (more)