The glow of the setting sun is being put out by the gorgeous canyon walls. What a great area to visit and watch the trains twist back and forth along the rivers and through the canyons.
After just passing a slow ordered track restriction, the locomotives throttle back up to track speed. Unit two was already smoking badly besides having the throttle notched up.
The mountain rises in layers above a late Amtrak train headed towards Denver. Even the smoke can not escape the towering mountains.
The rain has been coming down all day, sometimes heavy and sometimes lighter like it is here.
The fall colors in a lot of the Eau Claire area never really popped as they did else where in the state.
The new Hilight coal loadout tower is in the process of being constructed. They have also laid the new loadout loop track and are rerouting the road. Once this loadout tower is up and running, I a... (more)
Welcome to the Powder River Basin.
With the amount of coal that needs to be moved daily, track work continues as do the trains.
These good looking clouds were the beginning to a sunless, rainy day in the Powder River Basin.
The headlights reflect off the soaked ballast and wet railhead as two trains head in side by side through the rain.
The landscape around Scottsbluff is beautiful and amazing, especially as the sun rises with great textured clouds as a dark backdrop.
Duluth, MN has such an old industrial feel to it. There are so many old buildings and industrial remnance. The ore docks and grain silos are located through out the harbor. Most of the area almost... (more)
The locomotives slowly head down under the dock as a crewman walks beside.
A lone pine stands out from the fog.
My first accepted panning shot!
