Part III Sand Train. The work of getting a tonnage train over the mountains can be a challenge in the best of conditions, when things are not working rite it becomes far worse. This westb... (more)

Part II Sand Train. An hour after this train passed through Coal Creek Canyon the westbound sand train crawled past the site of former Tunnel 28 on its journey towards the Continental Divi... (more)

Part I Sand Train. A BNSF sand train climbs up and around the horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon. The 2% grade is evident here as the the head-end of the train passed over the 2 DPU AC u... (more)

A fairly new Tier IV GE climbs one of the many summits along Canadian Pacific's ROW along the Fraser and Thompson River Canyons. The eastbound train is passing by the famous White Canyon on its s... (more)

The SPECTACULAR BC RAIL!!! The former BC Rail clings to the side of the cliffs above the mighty Fraser River. The small village is Fountain, part of a Native Indian Reserve along what was once th... (more)

BC RAIL 4609 looks rite at home crossing the Cheakamus River. The Red-White-Blue C40-8M was built in 1990 to battle the mountains and weather of British Columbia. The GE cowls became as synonym... (more)

After stopping for a meet with the westbound Montana Rail Link local out of Laurel, BNSF7564 starts it train of auto racks moving east. The sunset after a very stormy day was full of color with sn... (more)

Lombard Canyon is on the Missouri near Tostin, MT. Lewis & Clark once camped along the banks here, perhaps in this very spot this photo was taken. Later smaller river boat steamers made it as far... (more)

Canadian National Train #571 lifts its tonnage of empty freight cars up Pavilion Mountain. The train is on a 2.2% ascending grade. The terrain the ex BC Rail crosses in the first 300 miles from N... (more)

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.

Metra F40PHM-2 199 leads a commuter train out of Chicago Union Station. In the back ground Hostlers switch tracks with venerable Metra 3, a SW1200 built for the Milwaukee Road. The Tall building ... (more)