'Route of the Streamliners' via the 'Mainline through the Rockies'. 17 of Union Pacific's finest hold-outs from the 'Streamliner' era are surrounded by the Pagodas Canyon's ruby red cliffs on the ... (more)

109 loads of wheat from Hamberg, N. Dakota to Tacoma, WA soars over the Goat Lick Trestle on a gloomy Fall morning on Marias Pass. The Tamaracks (or Western Larch) are at peak and make for an in... (more)

CN 4132 peeks through the fall foliage along Aspdin Road, just west (timetable south) of Huntsville on a brisk October morning.

UP's once-a-week Potash Local nears the Intrepid mine at the end of the line. Truly an amazing piece of engineering, where the Colorado River, the highway, and the railroad all squeeze through a ... (more)

The Cane Creek Sub may not be known for its traffic density, but it is certainly known for it's scenery. The Sunday-only "Potash Local" slowly works it's way through one of the cuts jus... (more)

UP's Potash Local heads south to the mine on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend behind a pair of clean GP40-2s and 12 cars. The eight empty covered hoppers will be dropped at the mine and the loc... (more)

The Arizona Eastern begins its ascent up the winding grade and outta Clifton to a siding about 3 miles out where they will leave the train for Lordsburg and pickup another cut of cars for the FMI ... (more)

Following the Colorado River through colorful Ruby Canyon, Union Pacific’s MRONY freight passes by Utaline, Colorado, on June 13, 2009.

The sound of the Cheakamus River rushing through the canyon is the only thing that can be heard for miles, that is until a northbound CN pierces the silence as it climbs upgrade. Five locomotives ... (more)

On an October afternoon, the Empress makes her way east through the Thompson Canyon towards her final destination for the evening in Kamloops. The west coast was spoiled in 2008, as 2816 would mak... (more)

Engine 7723 leads a westbound freight across the East Glacier, Montana trestle.

In an extremely cold wind, an eastbound Burlington Northern freight is veiled in blowing snow at Grizzly, Montana, on March 3, 1989, beneath the looming scenic and rugged mountains of Glacier Nat... (more)

exSanta Fe SSWR units are working exSanta Fe copper branch cluster in Hurley

Approaching the small transfer yard along the Kanawha River, a pair of GP38's lead a string of two dozen CSX coal loads along the former Winifrede Railroad in Chesapeake. The once bustling short l... (more)

Not long after A&C aquired four big six axle rebuilds a pair was leading short BNSF eastbound interchange train 807 near the lonely outpost of Milligan, site of an old salt plant now abandoned acc... (more)