After meeting an eastbound at Austin, CP 8844 West begins the assault upon Mullan Pass in earnest. Power appears sparse for a loaded grain train on 2.2% grade, however, there are four MRL SD-70ACe... (more)

There's frost on the crossties as BNSF 6747 East heads into the rising sun while negotiating the tight arc at Austin, MT on a September morn. The manifest is on the siding as Austin is a frequent ... (more)

While a MLAUPAS grinds upgrade in the foreground an empty coal train slides down from Mullan Pass to meet in the siding at Austin. The drama of mountain railroading is well displayed on the east ... (more)

CN train 323 catches early evening low sunlight as it makes its way from Blue River to North Kamloops at Barriere, BC.

CN train 101 heads west along the Athabasca River with DPU CN 2236 giving a shove on the rear. The train has just exited Parkgate Tunnel at milepost 205 and will access double track around the cor... (more)

Looking down from the old Rollins Pass right-of-way, an eastbound Pasadena, TX bound loaded coal train eases down the grade just east of the Moffat Tunnel.

More interested in the photographers, two horses ignore Montana Rail Link’s rare and only SDP40 (MRL labels it a SDP40-2XR) leading a work train at Clarkston, Montana, on September 14, 2010.

On the pretty spring day of May 10, 2010, Montana Rail Link’s day gas local is eastbound west of Perma, Montana, along the Flathead River. Leading the train is MRL EMD SD45-2 No. 332, a former Eri... (more)

A northbound Canadian Pacific coal train rumbles over the causeway at Canal Flats, British Columbia, on CP’s scenic Windermere Subdivision on July 5, 2014.

An eastbound Canadian National intermodal train curves out of Swan Landing near Brule, Alberta, on July 13, 2013. Leading the train is CN No. 2115, a former Union Pacific GE C40-8 that was origina... (more)

A westbound Canadian Pacific potash train curves past blazing autumn color east of Frank, Alberta, on CP’s Crowsnest Pass route on September 28, 2010.

On the morning of October 22, 2012, a Union Pacific coal train departs East Portal, Colorado. On the point are two GEs, with a former Southern Pacific No. 259, now the repainted No. 6343. In the b... (more)

Springtime along the Colorado River
Union Pacific’s Denver to Salt Lake City manifest freight (MNYRO) has traversed Little Gore Canyon along the Colorado River and is now approaching Ra... (more)

A stack train all the way from Memphis, TN negotiates the equilateral switch at Park Gate, heading to the north track.

EMD demonstrators are testing on Rio Grande's Craig Branch as they bring a coal train from Axial to the Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs through the loops at Crater, CO. Scanned from a Kodach... (more)