An eastbound Union Pacific freight passes the massive red sandstone rocks of Echo Canyon just east of Echo, Utah, on February 8, 2007.

ATSF train number 21, El Capitan, is seen near Wootton Colorado in 1944. ATSF 1797 and ATSF E6, number 13, have thirteen cars in tow doing 25 MPH on rugged Raton Pass. Otto Conrad Perry photo from... (more)

On January 9, 1998, Rio Grande GP40 No. 3075 and Cotton Belt GP40-2 No. 7291 power a five-car local of zinc concentrate along the Arkansas River through Browns Canyon, Colorado. For a year-and-a-h... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 approaches Decker’s Bay with a freight, lost in the wintery wonderland of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains on February 6, 2007. The chartered photo freight is operating on ... (more)

After a long chilling wait standing in the frozen snow Amtrak's Empire Builder emerges from the trees onto the iconic Sunset Falls Bridge crossing over the mighty Skykomish River. Amtrak P42DC #20... (more)

Rio Grande EMD GP60 Nos. 3155 and 3154 power a summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train downgrade out of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 5, 2000. For a short while anyway, these ... (more)

With Union Pacific LJP44 “dirt train” local from Salt Lake City late this particular morning, still crossing the grade over Soldier Summit, the LJP45 local out of Helper had some time to kill ... (more)

ATSF 1792 and ATSF 3767 are doing 30 MPH on Raton Pass, with a 20 car Chief, in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

A westbound BNSF manifest freight passes through the large, colorful cut through Iron Ridge between Austin and Weed on Montana Rail Link’s climb over Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, on July... (more)

Following the Missouri River into Clarkston, Montana, is an eastbound BNSF loaded coal train on October 2, 2022. Several days earlier this coal train was westbound on Montana Rail Link headed for ... (more)

A pair of Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs lead an eastbound Union Pacific coal train downgrade and across a wood trestle over Boulder Creek out of Tolland, Colorado. You wouldn’t know it from the ... (more)

A single KCS tier 4 GEVO leads a military train out of Clifton Forge, VA.

An eastbound Union Pacific coal load led by GE AC4400CW No. 7086 is in the siding at Rocky, Colorado, while above, UP’s West local traverses Rocky Spur on January 27, 1998. Power for the local i... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train is threading Tunnel 3 and 4 as it climbs the Colorado’s front range just west of Plainview, Colorado, on January 18, 1998. On the rear are business cars “Kansas”, �... (more)

From the rocky rim of Wendover Canyon, our Beagle “Minturn” intently watches a BNSF coal empty roll along the North Platte River between Wendover and Cassa, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 2... (more)