A westbound Union Pacific manifest freight climbs Peru Hill west of Green River, Wyoming, on the afternoon of June 25, 2021.

A westbound Union Pacific “PSR” manifest freight, with added vehicle and stack cars ahead of the rear DPU, climbs Peru Hill west of Green River, Wyoming, as stormy weather moves east in the ba... (more)

Coal trains have dwindled in number on Cajon Pass over the years so it's always cool to catch one. CWELB9 08, a West Elk Mine (CO) to Port of Long Beach loaded coal train is seen heading downgrade... (more)

UP 5506 & 5443 eastbound with stacks.

Crazy Judah. Standing at the summit of Mount Judah along the crest of the Sierra Nevada's, one is left to wonder how a railroad could ever be built through these mountains. It all started w... (more)

Export coal from Arco is within the last 100 miles of its journey as it rolls through Cajon Pass on its way to Long Beach where it will be loaded onto a ship.

UP AC45CCTE 5506 pushes the rear of train 603 potash at Bearspaw, Alberta

Clean UP 5506 leads ethanol train CP 650 through Lasalle Station on a sunny winter morning the day after Montreal got a bit more snow.

A pass at the west portals of Hermosa Tunnels.

The massive foundation of Mt Shasta offers some perspective of a railroad built along its flanks.

A southbound manifest train winds around the foothills below Mt. Shasta at “the golf course” between Mt. Shasta City and Azalea. Part of the former SP "Shasta Route" this line presents all s... (more)