Four Union Pacific SD40-2's come rolling off the Western Pacific causeway 3593, 3312, 3634, and 3472. How things have changed. The causeway was still really a causeway, Black Rock was still an isl... (more)

A green machine. BN 3505 and 7916 leads a pure set of green hopper past the semaphore at MP 710.3 on the 4th Subdivision. (Tom Ellis photo)

A couple LMX leasers, sandwich BN 3512 on Evaro Hill. (Tom Ellis photo)

Soldier Summit can be a brutal place. D&RGW 5503 provides a helping hand to Amtrak #6, on New Years eve 1987. (Tom Ellis photo)

It's incredible the power that can be found out on the main line with locals. GP30 2205 GN heritage, GP38-2's 2278, 2282, Both Frisco, and a GP9 1716 of NP heritage (Tom Ellis photo)

With fresh snow on the ground. Utah Railway 9007 and company heads up the canyon early in the morning. Luck was on my dads side on this one, with the sun popping out at just the right time. (Tom E... (more)

Back when they were new. A couple Oakway lease units. Make there way across the ex Northern Pacific main. (Tom Ellis photo)

End of an era. DC power is still king in 1994. The transition is about to take place. Dash 9's a Dash 8 and a SD60M power up the grade with a loaded coal train. In the coal fields of Wyoming. (T... (more)

SP 7342 wearing it's Daylight experimental test paint scheme. Is running on the Denver and Rio Grande Western main between Salt Lake and Ogden. This line was washed out during the floods of 1983-1... (more)

K36 487 puts on a beautiful show, with a photo freight during the fall season of the 1989. I don't thing the colors can get much better. (Tom Ellis photo)

Consecutive numbered SD70M's SP 9813, and 9814. Heading north on a Southern Pacific Roper to Ogden train. The pair are passing in front of Union Pacific's North Yards in Salt Lake City. (Tom Elli... (more)

The latest and greatest B40-8W 509, 527, 525, lead two old veterans SD40's 5024, 5045. Heading westbound on the eastside of Flagstaff, Arizona (Tom Ellis photo.)

Chicago & North Western hauls a loaded coal train south. Meanwhile Burlington Northern hauls a load coal train North on the opposite rail. This is one of those train my dad was probably kind of me... (more)

The beauty along Canadian Pacific's main line is hard to beat. West of Field the railroad runs along a river infused with glacier minerals, giving the water it's magnificent color. (Tom Ellis phot... (more)

A Keith Ardinger photo in my dad collection. No location on the mound. My best guess. This is a train form the US Steel operation from Atlantic City, Wyoming. That has been interchanged to Union P... (more)