Flanked by EMD SD70Ms 4014 and 4884 Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 has nearly reached the summit of Cima Hill in Southern California's Mojave Desert. The Big Boy hospital train was on the Yermo to Las... (more)

With code-line poles and searchlight signals framing the scene Union Pacific's eastbound 'salad shooter' works up Sherman Hill at the top end of Hermosa.

As westbound tonnage works up grade towards Dale Junction on three track in the foreground an eastbound empty grain train in the distance has just hit the bottom above Dale Creek, the eastbound wi... (more)

Coming off Sherman Hill an eastbound manifest is between Borie and Wycon on main track one with 'Olympic Torch Relay' SD70M 2001 bringing up the rear. Beyond the Dyno-Noble chemical plant can be s... (more)

With historic 'old town' Laramie as a backdrop an eastbound 'I' train sails through town under a full head of steam, shortly that charge will be put to work on the west slope of Sherman Hill.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight, masquerading as the 'San Joaquin Starlight' during a one day detour in September 2013, has entered the east end of what was once Tunnel Half, located in the heart of the ... (more)

With the Swan Ranch Industrial Complex in the background westbound tonnage follows a trio of EMDs into the big curve at Speer, WY. Speer is the junction between Union Pacific's cross-country Overl... (more)

As an eastbound manifest descends Sherman Hill on main track one a hot westbound Z train hustles 'over the top' on main two just west of Buford.

With the old steam era water tank standing a quiet guard in the distance, westbound tonnage works up '3 track' at Harriman, WY with the C&NW heritage unit leading the charge.

Conforming to the gently meandering bends in the Humboldt River the 'westbound main' of Union Pacific's Elko Subdivision (ex-SP) has just crossed under the eastbound main (ex-WP) in the background... (more)

A pair of 'goat boat' C44s, bracketing a younger sibling, pilot BNSF's westbound trackage rights manifest as it enters the east end of a snow dusted Palisade Canyon.

Westbound grain loads swim 'down stream' along the northern bank of the Humboldt River at the east end of Palisade Canyon. The EMD powered train is running on Southern Pacific rails while those of... (more)

With a head-end manifest block, a result of Union Pacific's newly adopted precision scheduled railroading, the westbound ZNPOA follows the meandering Humboldt through rugged Palisade Canyon.

Threading the Humboldt River in remote Palisade Canyon eastbound grain empties ride former Western Pacific iron en route to a crew change in Elko, Nevada. Coming in second place to lay rail throug... (more)

A westbound mixed freight rolls west through scenic Echo Canyon, just east of the Canyon's namesake.