After many trips with my dad to California, Arizona, and New Mexico to photograph the Santa Fe. We start to explore some of the more obscure sections of the trans-con main line. The Crookton line ... (more)

Just into the LA basin out of Cajon Pass. We stumble across this train with two of the rarest locomotives on the Santa Fe roster. ATSF 1569, SD39 one of twenty of the models. And ATSF 5257, SDF40... (more)

Utah Railway 9007 pulls an empty coal train through Price River Canyon. The train will load at the Wildcat loadout.

The DVRVF Denver to Roseville was little a hot shot train. That ran much of the time with a pure set of GP60's in the mid 1990's. It made for a very good looking set of power. This one had SSW 968... (more)

CNW 8651, UP 9187, CNW 8727 head north with an empty coal train. Another CNW train heads south with a loaded train. The coal field a re a busy place. The CNW C44-9W's were bought with out air cond... (more)

I'm grateful for the memories and the photo's. Because that's all that's left of the the Wyoming and Colorado operation. All you find at this location now is abandon road bed, the tracks are torn ... (more)

Out for a test drive. Utah Railway is trying out MK's 5000 hp Caterpillar power plants in the model called a MK5000C. After being tried out and rejected by UP, SP, and BCR. MPI/MK finally found a ... (more)

SD45 5385 and companions have cleared downtown Flagstaff, and are pouring it on to get their train up to speed. Though not on the time table. I have heard this area of East Flagstaff referred to a... (more)

Oh how I miss these days. My favorite railroad, and my favorite locomotive type. "Santa Fe all the way!"

I was able to get ideal light on Amtrak number 5 Zephyr crossing the Great Salt Lake. Due to it running 18 hour lake. Normally the trip is done around Midnight. The best part I was able to catch... (more)

An afternoon UTA Frontrunner lead by #17. Charges through the Jordan Narrows.

Even the ladies on the building are look down with wonderment of an 18 hour late Amtrak. I think they like the heritage unit also.

So Amtrak should be crossing the Great Salt Lake around 12:30 a.m. Saturday I was able to get a shot of Amtrak number 5 I never have. It's 6:20 p.m. and I was able to get the Zephyr at one of thos... (more)

I was able to catch Amtrak heritage unit 130 today, for the first time. The westbound Zephyr was 18 hours late. Allowing photo locations that generally are passed in the middle of the night.

CNW 8677 and 8729 are sandwiching 8549 the Wyoming Centennial unit, a C40-8. A friendly engineer hangs out the cab, anxious to get his picture take. As his train hauls another load of coal out of ... (more)