The day started off sunny and calm, and fairly warm. By the time the afternoon local got on duty, there were blizzard-like conditions that stuck to everything rather quickly. Once the train was as... (more)

After 844 left, there was no chance of catching it without breaking the law, so I waited for the local to leave the yard. After a stacker in each direction, the local was given permission to leave... (more)

The service stop is complete, and the 844 is pulling forward with Steve Lee at the controls for the last time on an excursion before retiring. He put on a good show here, going right through downt... (more)

UP's lovely 844 is still making its scheduled service stop in Grand Island, but it's getting towards the end and 3/4 of the crowd has left. Meanwhile, UP 2474 on the local has pulled up to the sce... (more)

The 2009 Day In North America comes to an end, but the trains keep rolling, as the Jeffrey train led by UP 6851 and a BNSF SD70ACe passes the DPU of a westbound coal train heading for the Powder R... (more)

NIWX 1228 sits here idling, waiting amongst the cornfields for the next UP grain train to come to the silo.

Oh this windy day in Hastings the local departs town with two former BN GP30s, BNSF 2828 and 2745. The large elevator is a nice backdrop and sees several trains a month. The UP Marysville sub is s... (more)

BNSF 6129 leads this westbound freight as it blasts through Hastings at 50 mph. The grain cars on the right are sitting at the grain elevator waiting to be loaded.

Almost to the top, BNSF 5811 struggles up Crawford Hill approaching the old tunnel and the new giant cut.

It's been snowing all the previous day, through the night, and all this day as this molten sulfur load drops downhill into Loveland.

BNSF 1077 was probably enough power to lead this empty baretable train out of Ft. Collins and into Loveland. Note how the train stretches out and around the curve, a mile and a half away.

As UP 1988 waits to head to the Cheyenne depot for a crew change, UP 8620 leaves Cheyenne after getting its new crew.

On this Sunday afternoon, as the storm clouds roll in, the Ski Train makes its final run of the 2009 winter season, passing through Rocky. Little would we know that 23 days later, the Ski Train wo... (more)

This Bonneville, WY, to Galveston, TX, sulfur load blasts through the town of Berthoud and the grain elevator with a new mural painted on the south side.

With 113 cars and 2 DPUs behind them, BNSF 7478 and BNSF 4778 start this LauDen uphill out of Ft. Collins and will soon be dropping into Loveland.