With a classy caboose bringing up the markers, a lengthy Montana Rail Link work train heads into the depths of Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 26, 2016. The train is headed to Whit... (more)

A lengthy Montana Rail Link work train curves along the Missouri River in Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 26, 2016. Two MRL SD40s (rebuilt and labeled SD40-2XRs) Nos. 264 and 257 p... (more)

BNSF’s Cowley turn out of Greybull, Wyoming, heads north through remote Sheep Canyon on the morning of June 23, 2016. Powering the local past milepost 414 on the BNSF Casper Subdivision is a pai... (more)

A long eastbound train rounds Tanglefoot curve east of Cumbres. Tanglefoot may or may not have been a term used by the railroaders, it does not appear in any timetables or special instructions, bu... (more)

The DPUs of an eastbound train pass through Kingman Canyon in late afternoon light.

Just outside Sturgis, S.D., a RCPE freight passes the Black Hills National Cemetery.

All is silent on the Gunnison Line... The Denver & Rio Grande Western stretched westward toward the booming gold mines of the mighty west bound for mines near Crested Butte and points west... (more)

A beautiful day on the Georgetown Loop with West Side Lumber shay #9 leading the full train over Devil's Gate Bridge.

It appears one of the locomotives in the 1st swing help has developed teething problems on the 3% above Pando. Two crew members have the doors open trouble shooting a problem on the second motor. ... (more)

July 5th at 9:05 am....Beautiful morning sun shine greets this East Bound empty grain led by a shiny ES44DC # 7501 as it flies down the East side of Montana's Bozeman Pass. What a sight it was to ... (more)

Three new AC4400 locomotives thunder out of Belden canyon towards Red Cliff. The grade here is 2.3-2.4%. By the time the rear of train passes, the head-end will be fighting a 3% grade and 12 degr... (more)

The American Orient Express climbs the Front Range of the Rockies approaching Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on September 6, 2001.

"Bran-New" Southern Pacific 210 marches up Tennessee Pass below Pando. This section of grade between Red Cliff and Pando has tight 12 degree curves making it, like the rest of Tennessee Pass, a t... (more)

A West Bound Loaded BNSF coal train is led by Three big GE ES44Ac units, with three MRL Helpers plus the rear DPU shoving hard on the rear... The trains speed is down to a slow 12 MPH with this he... (more)

It's a gorgeous, but hot evening as BNSF C44-9W No. 5373 leads a loaded sand train from Eola, Illinois to Fort Collins, Colorado out of the city of Longmont as the train blows for the Vermillion R... (more)