Finally the Utah's helper is on the scene, smoking it up as the shove the final mile to Colton. Unfortunately, the gray ghost CEFX unit was on the west end of the set and most prominent in the pho... (more)

UP 5269 slowly makes its way east past the old water tank at Orchard. They are running at a restricted speed due to high winds generated from this summer thunderstorm.

The prairies of Eastern Washington are littered with small concrete grain silos like this pair at Downs. As the sun sinks low in the sky on a late summer day, they stand guard over one last train,... (more)

In September 2013, a washout on the Moffat Line turned UP's Soldier Summit into a much busier line than normal. On September 20th I headed up to check out the action, arriving just as a UP coal tr... (more)

A UP manifest beats the sunrise through Reverse, but that's OK because it's westbound and wasn't going to be nose lit anyway! Out here on the Idaho prairies, the Nampa Sub still has that classic U... (more)

Loads from Savage roll along US Route 6 as they slow to change crews and pick up helpers at Helper.

On a perfect fall afternoon, a westbound BNSF intermodal train can be seen zipping down the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge.

BNSF 6621 kicks up snow as it crosses the Pack River Fill along Lake Pend Oreille. Up front are empty Boeing loads returning to the midwest for new Boeing fuselages. An overnight snow storm has du... (more)

The pre-PSR days were great on the LA&SL, with 12 trains a day, and 2-3 running at times allowing for decent photography. This morning Z train was a regular north of Las Vegas, seen here passing d... (more)

Early evening sunlight is casting long shadows over the green hills and rocky canyons of southern Idaho. 4 GE units lug intermodal containers up Medbury Hill, the last train in daylight on this pe... (more)

Morning mists rise from Smith Lake as Polson #2 chuffs smartly across the fill with empty log cars in tow.

A UP manifest rolling through the cuts and fills on Reverse Hill.

Smoke from distant wildfires mingles with the rising sun as an eastbound stack train glides through E. Reverse and prepares to drop into the Snake River Valley. Signal Bridges and Codeline, which ... (more)

A UP intermodal passes distinctive formations at aptly named Rox Siding on the Caliente Subdvision.

Empty coal train on the S-curve at Sully Springs on a lovely summer day a few years back.