Eastbound empty grain train at Emory in Echo Canyon.

Eastbound empty grain train at Emory in Echo Canyon.

After conquering Soldier Summit, a coal train arrives at Helper.

Coal empties are in dynamics as they drift down Soldier Summit.

West Elk Mine-bound coal empties near the Summit as they struggle to get to the top.

Eastbound empty coal train CVYWE swings into the first of the many twists and turns making up the Gilluly Loops on the western slope of Soldier Summit.

Coal mtys work up Solider Summit with a clean GE on the point.

An eastbound empty coal train rounds a sweeping curve as they climb Soldier Summit.

The West Colton to Ogden train heads into the cut just before Summit in Cajon Pass.

Way out in the snow covering Cajon Pass a Union Pacific Ogden train makes its way towards Summit.

UP MWCOG approaches Cajon Summit with the remnants of the Christmas Day snowfall still holding strong.

Three UP GE's are just enough to hold this loaded coal train from Black Buttes, Wyoming down the grade from Wahsatch through Castle Rock, Utah along UP's Evanston Subdivision on July 24, 2017. The... (more)

Union Pacific's Valmy to West Elk coal train shatters a tranquil Sunday evening in the Jordan Narrows on Aug. 28, 2016. Second out in the power consist is UP SD70M No. 2001, the 'Olympic Torch Rel... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 39G, with a pair of UPs on the point, passes by the pavilion at Macungie, PA

Westbound UP trackage rights train drops downgrade between Hart and Ethel. This train is operating from IHB's yard Gibson, IN, to Mira Loma, CA. The train runs over the BNSF Chilly and Marceline S... (more)