BNSF's Provo-Denver manifest descends the Moffat Road in heavy snow. This location is very popular with rail fans for its ease of access and spectacular scenery.
It is a gloomy, soggy day in the Wasatch Mountains. An ex Southern Pacific AC4400 lifts another load of Carbon County coal up the Price River Canyon. All 8 big AC motors can be seen in this view ... (more)
EMD Demonstrator 1206 leads a empty coal train under the flanks of the Rocky Mountains. The locomotives are doing traction testing on the high elevation, grades and curves of Union Pacific's Moffa... (more)
Fresh from the factory UP8031 digs into the 10 degree curves of the Austin Loops on the 2.2% battle for Mullan Pass. The rail was still wet from a passing storm, and sounds of slipping wheels, R... (more)
CN Train #571 climbs the 2.2% near Glen Fraser, BC. The second more is a BC Rail C44-9W running on home rails. For several Highway 99 skirts the ROW on its way up Pavillion Mountain.