Snow is coming down at a pretty good clip on April 15, 2013, as dusk and the “blue hour” settles in on the fuel track at Union Pacific’s North Yard in Denver, Colorado. During this spring we... (more)

A westbound BNSF grain train rolls along the Columbia River and through one of the numerous tunnels near Lyle, WA with a single GE C44-9W as the distributed power unit. [June 2018]

Two elephant style ACes lug a loaded coal drag up grade into the small town of Sedalia on the Colorado Joint Line.

Late on a beautiful afternoon in the Sierra Nevada, SP 192 West departs Truckee, CA.

A pair of CN SD40-2Ws wait out the snow storm in the Fraser Canyon near the Hope depot. At this moment, nature is winning, but within the next day things will start to get back to normal.

In its earlier white with blue and red trim scheme, a Rocky Mountaineer Railtours passenger train curves eastbound out of Glenogle, British Columbia, on September 16, 2002. Powering the train are ... (more)

Union Pacific’s local freight to Phippsburg is at Crescent to meet a coal load going by on the main on a snowy day in Colorado on April 12, 2001. The crew is on the ground to inspect the passing... (more)

Descending the western grade of Marias Pass, a BNSF intermodal train cruises westbound between Paola and Red Eagle, Montana, on October 9, 2018.

On May 22, 2014, two strings of Union Pacific EMD SD9043MACs are stored in the yard at Missouri Valley, Iowa, waiting out an uncertain fate.

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train descends a 2 percent grade on the Front Range of the Rockies through the unique Flatirons rock formations just west of Plainview, Colorado, on February 28, 20... (more)

An eastbound BNSF stack train rumbles across Bridge 57 over the Clark Fork west of Trout Creek, Montana, on May 20, 2011.

Four GE AC4400CWs lead Union Pacific’s MNYRO (North Yard, Denver to Roper Yard, Salt Lake City) manifest freight climbing though a snow-covered Big 10 Curve between Rocky and Eisele, Colorado, o... (more)

Workers on the fuel track go about their business, even though the snow is really coming down on April 15, 2013, at Union Pacific’s North yard in Denver, Colorado.

A westbound Union Pacific passenger train passes through colorful Red Canyon just after crossing the Colorado River between Dell and Range, Colorado, on August 3, 2014. This location is on the Dot... (more)

Patriotic Pair

When I landed at O’Hare today to spend a few days on a work assignment in Chicago, I checked my phone and saw that UP 4141 was on display at Proviso. I arrived to ... (more)