With D&RGW #484 in the lead, the daily C&TS excursion follows a shelf high above the Rio de los Pinos.
After waiting for a northbound to pass, an empty BNSF stack train heads for Tehachapi, leaving behind a colorful valley sunset.
BNSF #7889 pops out of Tunnel 10 and winds it's way through the S-Curves near Walong as it continues the long trip over Tehachapi Pass.
Simpson Timber Co. #1201 is running light back to Shelton after taking a log train to Mill 5.
Copper Basin Railway #301 leads the morning ore train back to the dumper in Hayden. Due to a shutdown at the smelter this was the only train that would run that day.
McCloud River Railway #18 leans into a curve at Mound House. Despite the short train, the 90 ton logging mike was slipping heavily on the steep climb to Virginia City.
BNSF #6263 leads a loaded oil train through Mayger. The train is bound for nearby Port Westward, where the oil will be loaded on barges and shipped to California.
BNSF #5272 leads a westbound up Stevens Pass. The train is seen crossing Nason Creek near Merritt.
BNSF #4422 cruises along the Puget Sound on a rare sunny day in the Pacific Northwest winter.
A BNSF doublestack train skirts the western edge of the Black Hills, just south of Newcastle.
BNSF #7917 leads an eastbound autorack train through Cosnino on a sunny spring morning.
BNSF #7567 leads a northbound manifest through the Muddy Creek Valley on its way out of Great Falls.