The Rio Grande Zephyr Passed through numerous spectacular canyons in its journey between Denver and Salt Lake City, including Gore, Little Gore, Glenwood, Ruby, and Debeque Canyons. Arguably the m... (more)

As a Canadian Pacific coal train rumbles westbound on the CP’s main line in the foreground, an eastbound Canadian National freight enters Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on June... (more)

Just down the mountain in Coal Creek Canyon, the sun shines, but there's still plenty of snow to go around. Seen here, BNSF ES44DC No. 7587 brings up the rear of the Denver, Colorado to Provo, Uta... (more)

BNSF 5915 brings up the rear of an empty oil train that is eastbound between Malaga and Rock Island, WA. The train with 464 axles was long enough to allow viewing of both the head end and DPUs as ... (more)

The northern lights flare over the lovely arches of the old Soo Line High Bridge over the St. Croix River.

Keeping up with snow on the Sierra has been apart of railroading on the mountain since the rails of the Central Pacific arrived in the 1860s. Methods have come and gone, and those that have worked... (more)

With 35 loads of coal in tow, a pair of GE's catch the last glimpse of evening sun as they descend the Claypool loops on the original Nicholas, Fayette, and Greenbrier Railroad (NF&G) in rural sou... (more)

On a sunny afternoon in central Oregon, all that can be heard is the flowing Deschutes River below. This changes dramatically with the introduction of a new resonance coming from down river. Slowl... (more)

A westbound work train is seen threading through two of the many tunnels in scenic Rainbow Canyon in southeastern Nevada between Etna and Stine.

After meeting Amtrak 27 at Wishram, an eastbound BNSF Z train cruises up the Columbia River in the golden early morning light approaching Maryhill, Washington with snowy Mount Hood visible in the ... (more)

Through the morning mist the sun begins to get the better of lingering morning clouds as Union Pacific's hotshot Brooklyn trailers snake up the western slope of the Tehachapi grade leaving Marcel.... (more)

With the emerald colors of spring sprouting in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, three Rio Grande Tunnel Motors head eastbound through Castilla with a “dirt train” picked up at Sutro on the west ... (more)

A freshly painted EMD SD70ACe pulls a Global 3 to Long Beach stack train west through Devil's Slide on March 26, 2016.

A northbound Oregon Trunk manifest drops down towards the Columbia River as it emerges from the tunnel below Moody. Within a few minutes the train will cross the Celilo Drawbridge over the Columbi... (more)