Canadian National 571 roars thru Glen Fraser. The siding of Glenn Fraser is about 1/2 way up the the mountain between Lillooet and Kelly Lake. The siding was once a frequent place for meets during... (more)

Canadian National 571 clings to the cliff as it climbs out of Fountain. The train is about to punch thru the rock wall on the left of the photo thru a short tunnel. The grade north of Fountain is... (more)

The Canadian sprints westbound thru the Black Canyon of the Thompson River. Recent schedule changes have made daylight appearances of VIA in the Thompson and Fraser Canyons common.... The Canadian... (more)

WINDY POINT COLORADO? Nope... Windy Point, British Columbia. It is absolutely remarkable how much the two spots look alike. Undoubtably, this spot on the former BC Rail was named after the ... (more)

KCS on the Moffat Two Kansas City Southern SD70ACE Belles lead a westbound up the Big Ten curves.....Kanasa City Southern units always add a splash of color to the Moffat Road on there inf... (more)

CN crossing the Thompson River in the Black Canyon. The leader is CN8907 in the current CN paint scheme, second is a classic striped Cowl C40-8M.

A Canadian National stack train clings to the shore line of Kamloops Lake. The lake is 18 miles long and the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National hug opposite shores for most of that distance..... (more)

The Rocky Mountaineer takes a trip up the ex BC Rail near Glen Fraser, BC. The train has just rounded a 14 degree curve and passed under the wooden highway 99 overpass. The locomotive is a GMD bui... (more)

Spring of 2014 was fantastic on Tehachapi. Shiny new locomotives were everywhere, and the hills were extremely green, with wild flowers blooming........A bran-new UP2598 screams up Tehachapi Pass ... (more)

Nothing but Rock! A gorgeous June morning sees a BNSF manifest clinging to the cliff as it pounds up the 2% grade towards the Continental Divide. David Moffat's dream of a railroad west from Den... (more)

Most people do not think desert, when they think Canada. However, near Ashcroft, BC it is cactus, rattlesnakes and HEAT. On this day the thermometer hovered around 100 degrees as this CP Potash lo... (more)

A Canadian National stack train crosses the Thompson River at Lytton, BC. It is here at Lytton the Thompson and Fraser Rivers collide. Lytton was a crossroads and important stop on the early roads... (more)

DRGW489 steams up the grade towards Cumbres Pass. The 4% climb up the Rockies north of Cham, NM is perhaps the best steam show in North America!

BNSF 1078 rounds the first great loop at Austin, Montana with a heavy grain load. BNSF 1058 wears the BNSF paint scheme inspired by the Great Northern. I always thought BNSF got the paint rite the... (more)

Storm clouds are starting to gather over the Tehachapi Mountains as another lumber drag climbs south. The Tehachapi Mountains can sometimes be a very soggy place in March, bring out spectacular gr... (more)