Relieving the pressure.

Wood burner.

Crew discussing what to do next.

It's whistle will give you goose-bumps as it carries and echos off the mountainsides.

Built in 1951 for the US Army, this old Geep used to work the Hanford Nuclear Facility. It now belongs to the Washington State Railroads Historical Society, who has plans to repaint it.

Eastbound general merchandise

Having just conquered Sherman Hill, dirty and clean 70M's head to Cheyenne.

Emptier than usual.

EMD high horsepower variety pack - Tasty flavors include a Warbonnet SD75I, an Oakway SD60, and MRL and ex-Guilford SD45s.

Westbound general merchandise with elephant-style big GE horsepower and the Wasatch Range in the distance.

Eastbound black diamonds headed to Lambert's Point. This is the line that runs underneath the CSX A-Line at Collier Yard

Not too much is different from that day back in 1869.

The 2nd shift Hopewell switcher heads back to Petersburg on a gloomy day. Engineer was eye-balling me like I had an RPG pointed at him. It's only my semi-lethal Olympus, sir.

One of the few CSX GP38-2's that aren't dynamic brake equipped. At the time, this unit was in the stealth gray ghost scheme, which didn't differ too much from the interior.

10 miles east of Needles, crossing the Colorado River. Topock, AZ is on the other side of the river.