Set against a backdrop of rocky cliffs, the Animas River far below, and snow depths not seen in the past 15 years in southwestern Colorado, K-28 #478 blows down as she slowly makes her way north a... (more)

An empty crude oil train hugs the shoreline of the Clark Fork River as it traverses the stunning Cabinet Gorge on its way toward Missoula, Laurel, and points east.

The ARR's Whittier yard job is doing some switching in this picturesque port city, totally dwarfed by the Carnival Spirit which is moored in port in the background.

Nestled between the rising peaks of the Chugach Mountains and the tidal flats of the Turnagain Arm, The Spirit of Alaska leads a rare daylight move northward from Whittier to Anchorage. The... (more)

A glorious winter day is upon the Tehachapi Loop as a quintet of modern and classic power leads a stack train up the mountain toward Tehachapi, Mojave, Barstow, and points beyond.

As rare as rare gets... at least, these days! Doublehead live steam in action as 4-8-4 844 and Challenger 3985 lead UP's Denver Post Excursion northward about 15 miles north of Denver, Colorado.

Three brand new, sparkling clean GEVO units lead a UP pig train up the hill toward Tehachapi as they round the curve toward tunnel 2 on a spectacular Sunday afternoon.

The Alaska Railroad Glacier Discovery Train winds its way north along the Turnagain Arm, with the imposing Chugach Mountains in the background. A small tidal bore, very common in the Turnag... (more)

Having just completed its station stop at Portage, the nortbound Glacier Discovery Train crosses Twenty Mile Bridge as it heads homeward toward Anchorage amidst the beautiful Alaskan wilder... (more)

The soundbound Alaska Railroad Glacier Discovery Train has just passed through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel which, at 2.5 miles in length, is the longest combined highway/rail tunnel ... (more)

The TranzAlpine, having turned on the other end of town, splits the small west coast Hamlet of Greymouth on New Zealand's south island as she heads back through town toward the station to c... (more)

No Way Out. Ex-UP GP40M-2 rests forlornly at Jacumba, CA on the former San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway which was once the Southern Pacific's gateway into San Diego. Vandalism and... (more)

On its last-ever run this far north, the Alaska Railroad Palmer Turn runs light up the 10 mph Palmer Branch enroute to JD Steel, which was located at the end of the in-service track at more)

A great crowd was on hand for the entire day to see the UP "Big Boy" on display during a stopover in Sin City. The locomotive is headed home to Cheyenne, Wyoming where the years long pro... (more)

Four gleaming EMD motors have their string of 66 coal empties easily in check as the train glides northward over the Twenty Mile River and the hooligan fishermen (and "fisherwomen") below. The exp... (more)