An Arosa - Chur local service crosses the Langwies Viaduct, while a Chur - Arosa special (Ge 4/4 II, Alpine Classic Pullman cars) waits for it to pass.

BNSF 274 leads a Seattle to Pasco manifest freight past Maryhill siding as Mt. Hood stands tall in the background.

It's just after sunset with temperatures close to zero as Amtrak train no. 6, the California Zephyr, wastes no time descending the grade at Coal Creek Canyon during the cold blue hour.

With the temperature close to zero, Amtrak train no. 6, the California Zephyr descends the grade at Big Ten Curve with the Denver Metro area in the background.

Passing Storm King Mountain in opposite directions is the American Star, a river cruise boat of the American Cruise Lines, while a CSX manifest heads down river. The CSX River Line has really expl... (more)

A westbound coal train skirts the Colorado River, approaching tunnel 39 on a chilly fall morning.

Two weeks after my 15th birthday, at the end of one of the busiest days I have seen on the Ayer Sub, the third loaded grain train of the day crosses the massive Joso Bridge over the Snake River, a... (more)

Montandon: Ending the day the last rays of sun illuminate the highest hills, this train of FERRONOR coming from CODELCO foundry and copper plant in Potrerillos, negotiates a closed horsesho... (more)

UP7408 pulls a westbound Reefer train across the Great Salt Lake. The original causeway was actually a wood trestle constructed in 1903. The timber was salvaged starting in 1993. The railroad mu... (more)

Sailing across the causeway with a westbound salad shooter. The modern causeway was completed in 1959 by the Southern Pacific Railroad. The route now carries Union Pacific trains across the Great ... (more)

The Utah desert stretches to the horizon as UP5860 assaults Thompson Hill. Thompson was once the sight of a branch line that reached into the Book Cliffs to collect coal from now long abandoned mi... (more)

A clash of seasons
An early autumn snowfall in the higher elevations of Mullan Pass surrounds Austin Creek Trestle (a.k.a. Skyline Trestle) at Skyline, Montana, on October 11, 1997. Low... (more)

The fall colors in Alaska this year are in full force as seen here as the Alaska Railroad's premier passenger train the Denali Star crosses Riley Creek trestle en-route to Fairbanks on a nice Fall... (more)

With late season thunderstorms rumbling over the Bookcliffs in the background, Union Pacific’s LJP45 “dirt train” local approaches Mounds, Utah, late on the afternoon of November 21, 2003. R... (more)

With three GEs on the point and two more bringing up the rear, all working hard to keep it's battle with gravity in check, a Roseville bound manifest negotiates the most famous portion of rail on ... (more)