A westbound manifest squeals thru Byers Canyon. The short and scenic canyon near Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado has long been a favorite for rail-fan photographers.

A morning westbound manifest passes Toston Dam. Toston Dam was built in 1940. The Northern Pacific had to raise and relocate a portion of their mainline thru the canyon for the project...

A assorted trio of motors lifts a auto train, filled out with new 737 fuselages up Mullan Pass. The train is making good speed unassisted up the mountain....

This is one of the few series of cars that saw some Southern Pacific new image paint applied. This car was seen in its fresh coat waiting for helpers to take it over Tennessee Pass.

New Tier IVs....A southbound manifest heavy in lumber thunders thru Bealville. The train has 3 swing helpers that are out of sight inside the Allard Horseshoe. The Spring of 2016 saw the use of a... (more)

A eastbound manifest/stack train claws up Kicking Horse Pass. The train has just exited the Lower Spiral Tunnel. The extremely slow speed of the train allowed me to shoot a vertical and horizontal... (more)

A heavy lumber drag curls thru the curves at Bealville, California. The long manifest is powered by three new Heavy Gevos for its climb up the Tehachapi Mountains...

A southbound grain empty climbs the 2.1% slope at Tunnel 2 in the Tehachapi Mountains. Large amounts of grain is unloaded in the Central Valley of California for feed-lots and food producers...

A westbound manifest led by a new Tier IV Gevo climbs the Moffat in South Boulder Canyon. The colorful scar on the mountainside is the day-lighted Tunnel 28.

It is first light high in the Canadian Rockies. The locomotives on this train are about 15 cars from the highest point on the Canadian National Railway. The train is loading the first of three 50 ... (more)

Two new Tier IV BNSF GE locomotives move a northbound manifest up the 2.1% grade at Tunnel 2 . 2016 was a fantastically green year in the Tehachapi Mountains.

A heavy grainer muscles thru Warren on the assault of Tehachapi Pass. The grade here reaches a tough 2.4%. The grain train has a colorful assortment of power for the trip across California.

A westbound BNSF train negotiates the twisting trackage of South Boulder Canyon. Storm clouds have just parted illuminating this scene along the ex DRGW. The train is about to enter one of tighte... (more)

The CN 2962 is starting the drop down the 3% grade off the highest point on the Canadian National Railway. The spur serves the Teck's Luscar coal processing plant. The coking coal is moved by hea... (more)

The CN 2962 just throttled up to notch-8 about 10 cars before this photo was taken. The train is starting up the steep 1.25% grade with 50 cars of coking coal from the Cardinal River Mine. Jasper ... (more)