Morning fog along the Mississippi river burns off, as a sb stack train races through Chester IL.

Back in 2017, it had been many years of drought conditions since Shasta lake was full of water. Now after a couple of years Rain and Snow the lake is at capacity. Crossing a full Lake Shasta over ... (more)

Moffat Sand A unit sand train climbs the Big 10 on the Moffat Road. The sand is headed for the oil and gas fields of Western Colorado and Central Utah. The vast basin between the Main Ran... (more)

Built for Battle This westbound Soda Ash train was built in Pocatello to battle the grades of the Pacific Northwest. The train left the Wyoming Soda Mines 2x1. In Pocatello the train adde... (more)

Tunnel District A very heavy westbound manifest for Grand Junction, Colorado crawls thru the most challenging portion of the Moffat Road. There is no place else on the Moffat Road that ch... (more)

A westbound Union Pacific manifest slowly thunders west up the 2% grade thru the gorgeous South Draw, deep in the Tunnel District of the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. The heavy manifest has two Cana... (more)

January in Colorado is one of the sunniest months. On February 2 some of that sun has carried over a couple days as a eastbound grain empty exits Tunnel 1 on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision. This da... (more)

Clinging to the flanks of Eldorado Mountain and turning thru the 10 degree curve inside Tunnel 16... This westbound Union Pacific manifest heavy in frack sand blasts out of #16 as it continues int... (more)

The geological features and the frequency of trains along the Columbia River make it a great destination for Photographers.

Norfolk Southern Train 172 races by heading east as they are about to knock down the Leeds, AL, Signal during the late night hours

The long train of Wyoming soda ash is climbing around the Durkee Loop. The loop is located on east slope of Encina Hill and is at the beginning of the 2.2% grade portion of the Hill. Eight big AC... (more)

7 motors head a empty coal train towards the West Slope to load coal. This Union Pacific empty is moving the power for the return loaded trip all on head-end in the same manor the Rio Grande did f... (more)

Climbing the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains is a herculan task... The ex DRGW route requires steep grades and lots of curves. The manifest train pictured is leaving Rocky, Colorado and enterin... (more)

A eastbound coal train descends the mountain grade at Rocky, Colorado. This location was once called Arena due to its shape.... The location today still makes for fantastic arena to watch and list... (more)

A freshly repainted SD70M leads a heavy trainload of Strykers and support vehicles up the heavy 2% grade in South Draw. The railroad in South Draw is a large horseshoe curve blasted into the cont... (more)