Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train approaches Big 10 Curve between Rocky and Clay, Colorado, on the morning of August 4, 2001. Summer editions of the passenger train operated to Winter Park for hikers... (more)

BNSF EMD SD70MAC No. 8907 leads a westbound freight at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on January 31, 2012.

For a year-and-a-half after Union Pacific closed Colorado’s Tennessee Pass as a through route on August 23, 1997, it still operated a one-a-week local from Pueblo to Malta, near Leadville. On Ap... (more)

AMTK 76 (P42DC) rounds the Big Ten Curve as it leaves Denver and the Front Range behind. Soon the California Zephyr will be climbing through the Colorado Rocky Mountains on its way to Emeryville,... (more)

Record snowfall was seen across the state of Arizona last week providing for unique scenes. In Kingman, reports were up to 13 inches of snowfall. Here, three GE motors ease their way into Kingman ... (more)

Rerouted empties from La Junta take a dip down the Raton Subdivision and roll past the infamous Wig Wag at Delhi, Colorado.

BNSF 5980 glides into the town of Williams, AZ on a nice chilly afternoon

A cascade Dash 2 and a 45-2 carbody lead the Pikes Peak Local south out of Littleton with the Front Range of the Rockies looming behind.

BNSF 4339 leads a heavy grain up the grade toward the Arizona Divide

AMTK Special 130 (P42DC painted in the Heritage II scheme) rounds the corner in Coal Creek Canyon and heads towards Tunnel #1

Passing milepost 6, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs up the 2.2% grade of the Harrison Branch on May 17, 2013. Today’s train is three cars powered by MRL GP35 No. 406.

Passengers begin boarding the eastbound Texas Eagle, at Temple, TX. In the distance, a southbound hauling military vehicles waits on the mainline behind NS and UP power.

From this vantage point you get a good perspective of the grade change as UP 6049 (AC44CWCTE) drops down from Tunnel #1 and heads to the Big Ten Curve.

The once-a-week Potash Local heads back Westbound on the Cane Creek Branch after departing the Mine at Potash.