It has been a pretty bleak winter in Alaska, especially when you combine bleak weather with few trains. In fact until I took this photo I hadn't taken a photo in Alaska since sometime in November ... (more)

In order to get to this location one can ride the railroad, a much easier option or drive/hike in on a very narrow, rutted debris strewn path. On this day it was the latter and after watching the ... (more)

From atop the bluff over looking Palmer Lake a spectacular view can be had in all directions. A northbound is about to crest the summit of the Palmer Divide and will soon be on the down hill side ... (more)

A NB BNSF empty coal train rolls through the middle of Colorado Springs. In the background is Cheyenne Mountain home of Norad.

A SB BNSF coal train led by two new ES44AC rolls beneath the shadow of Pikes Peak near Kelker , CO on what would be a fantastic day for trains.

An eastbound coal led by two patched ex-SP AC4400s rolls along the Colorado River at Radium on what was a very busy day along the former Rio Grande.

An eastbound BNSF trackage rights train bound for the Mile High City is seen at the not often photographed siding of Dell on UP's former Rio Grande Dotsero Cutoff. While not the Rio Grande the ora... (more)

While not the Rio Grande it is certainly nice to see the color orange roll across Rio Grande's Dotsero Cutoff now property of the Union Pacific. A BNSF trackage rights train possible a Denver-Prov... (more)

A Thanksgiving surprise from the Alaska Railroad. it was expected that there would not be any road trains operating on Thanksgiving day, however high winds in Whittier delayed barge unloading resu... (more)

A Thanksgiving surprise from the Alaska Railroad. it was expected that there would not be any road trains operating on Thanksgiving day, however high winds in Whittier delayed barge unloading resu... (more)

A BNSF train of empty racks heads at Crookton, AZ heads east to be re-loaded, while a cactus catches the last golden rays of sunshine and soon would become glint cactus.

A BNSF TOFC train rolls through Kingman Canyon, while scampering around the rocks in the canyon one needs to be mindful of the cactus. I saw more than one individual move to swiftly only to find o... (more)

On a down day shooting 3751 in Arizona we spend a day shooting the Apache Railway and at the end of the day we find ourselves on this overpass at the west end of BNSF's Winslow yard shooting what ... (more)

Sitting in the small yard at Healy, AK one can see the southbound loaded export coal led by SD70MAC 4012, in the track to the right is the local coal that will be loaded and forwarded to Fairbanks... (more)

A southbound coal train traverses the confines of treacherous Healy Canyon on what was a beautiful fall day. Fall is a great time to take photos in Alaska as often it is the best weather of the ye... (more)