With the fires above Durango that has shut down the Durango and Silverton. The Cumbres and Toltec is being watched closely and evaluated. On Thursday the Cumbres and Toltec ran a double header out... (more)

Amtrak 515 507 round the curve at Cosnino near the famous Route 66 town of Winona. I was always a fan of the paint job the 500's were delivered with. Railfan's liked to call them Cutter's (for res... (more)

On the homeward journey between Inkom and McCammon, Idaho. Union Pacific 844 in her grey hound paint has quite the consist, with DD40X 6936 and steamer 1243 strapped to a flat car.

The LUE46 is return for it day out in Tooele county on the Lynndyl Subdivision. It was kind of a crazy night as all the trains bottle necked. I was set of for another train and had three eastbound... (more)

Union Pacific 3985 puts on a show, as she lays down the smoke.

Two SD60M and a SD40-2 perform a little switching at Wash with the contaminated dirt train. UP 2423 is really belching the black smoke.

A brand new GP60 9752 has arrived in the Rio Grande Roper yard.

UP 844 rounds the Lofgreen curve after a 20 year hiatus from this trackage.

If you wanted to catch Burlington Northern's SD60M in 1992, the Montana part of the coal fields was the place to be. Very remote beautiful country.

Every one is taking it all in as steam powered Rotary OY, K36 487 and K36 488 Clean out the tracks a Cumbres Summit.

Utah Railway's Provo to Ogden manifest rolls through the Jordan Narrow's (Mesa). The Narrow's are the gateway between Utah County and Salt Lake County. This is about as big as this train ever gets... (more)

I really like to capture these orange rocks in the background just west of the town of Echo.

The end of an era, at lease for me. D&RGW 5401, 5385, 5361 near the Roper terminal with the Denver to Salt Lake manifest. This would be my last time ever seeing a pure set of Rio Grande run the wh... (more)

Up to this point the Missouri Pacific heritage unit had been my most allusive of the six Union Pacific units. I had action shots of the other five in nice sunlight. I finally got my chance with th... (more)

Back in the late eighties, early nineties. Santa Fe was really sold on the concept of B truck locomotives. The idea was with light hot shot trains, could really get up and fly. That I can't not ar... (more)