A Heavy Tier IV Gevo leads a short eastbound manifest around the Allard horseshoe. A grade of 2.1% lifts trains out to of the Caliente Creek drainage. Winter rains have brought early spring flow... (more)

Mid train DPU's shove hard with the rear DPU across the Valley. Picture of the head-end [url]http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=554956&nseq=0[/url] Union Pacific's Durkee Loop sits... (more)

Union Pacific's Durkee Loop sits on the 2.2% climb up Encina (Hindman) Hill. The loop is also known as the Pritchard Creek Horseshoe and Leonard Curve. Leonard Curve is likely the original name wh... (more)

A severe electrical storm has just passed, leaving blue sky and last light on a warm late June evening. This coal train sits at the highest point on the Canadian National Railway system, the Lusca... (more)

UP 4073 leads a manifest up the steep and twisting Peru Hill. This must have been a fantastic place to watch a Big Boy slam up the grade with a heavy westbound manifest.... The landscape somewhat... (more)

The scenic climb out of the Green River drainage begins immediately after leaving the yard at Green River, Wyoming. The ruling grade here is .82%, and this means high tonnage trains grind there w... (more)

A brand-new heavy SD70ACE leads a manifest up the Pritchard Creek Horseshoe Curve. The steep grades between Pocatello, ID and Hinkle, OR make for some of the most challenging places to operate tr... (more)

A westbound Intermodal train climbs out of Green River, Wyoming on the famous Peru Hill. It must have been quite a sight watching a Big Boy pull the hill with full tonnage...... westbound trains i... (more)

Waiting for a train that will likely never-ever show up again... The perfect time of day and year with nothing but a ghost train... Kindig's Curve 2015

A westbound manifest pulls the grade in early morning sun at Tunnel One on the Moffat Road. The new heavy GE is at home pulling the grades of the Moffat Road....

This 73 car sand train is climbing the Leyden Mesa and making every use of available horsepower on the 2%+ grade. Sunday boaters are making good use of Stanley Lake in the background. The large to... (more)

Twisting thru the horseshoe curve in Coal Creek Canyon this westbound sand train stacks over itself on the 2+ percent climb up the Rockies.

This sand train is one of the heavier trains I have witnessed climb the Moffat Road. The trains power is distributed 3x3 with the swing DPU just out of sight in a cut to the left of the photo. The... (more)

The yard tracks at Castle Gate, Utah once served the Castle Gate Coal Company. The town and mine that once bustled with activity here are now gone. The silent rail yard deep in the Price River Can... (more)

A brand-new heavy GE leads a short eastbound manifest down the east slope of Soldier Summit. A wet spring has made rolling hills near the top of the pass a nice spring green. The green color won'... (more)