Looking back to 4014's return to the mainline, under steam, an event nearly 60 years in the making. As the shadows grew long and the sun minutes away from slipping below the horizon there was work... (more)

It is late December 2015 and Tehachapi's rolling foothills have already began to take on a nice shade of green, foreshadowing the fantastic spring colors to come in 2016. Through the cool of that ... (more)

On January 12th, 2017 Union Pacific's Sierra snow fighters use spreader set 4032/4031 to clear snow off the balloon trackage in Truckee, California as the westbound ZG2OA, in the background, heads... (more)

As an eastbound Roseville, California to North Platte, Nebraska manifest continues its climb up one track it is moments from meeting a westbound North Platte, Nebraska to Oakland, California Z tra... (more)

With Southern Pacific 'daylight' inspired heritage colors leading the charge eastbound tonnage bound for West Colton, CA conforms to Clear Creek Ravine, between Bealville and Cliff in the heart of... (more)

Having just emerged from the 'big hole' (tunnel 41) a westbound Union Pacific Z train emerges from the fog and into the sunshine as it approaches the Norden shed on January 15th, 2017. Hidden by t... (more)

Ending the historic 2019 steam season on a snowy high-note Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 works its train upgrade through the Terry Bison Ranch on the Greeley 'main' from Denver on the final leg of it... (more)

A trio of BNSF GP60s sail across the desert at Hector with eastbound tonnage bound for the siding at Pisgah. In the distance a fast moving double stack can be seen overtaking the manifest. Santa F... (more)

Union Pacific's Cheyenne, Wyoming based 'blizzard bus' makes a deadhead move between Rawlins and Green River, sandwiched between SD40Ns 1932 and 1881. Blizzard bus 25809 was built in 1979 as a mem... (more)

Peaking over the summit Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief approaches the west end of the siding at Glorieta, New Mexico. This segment of BNSF's Glorieta Subdivision (between Rowe and Lamy) is und... (more)

Due to problems with the code-line Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief is running on restrictive signals between Springer and Colmor. As a wild weather system moved across northern New Mexico a bri... (more)

As a rain front pushes in from the east Big Boy 4014, a 1941 product of the American Locomotive Company, continues its charge west through classic 'Big Boy territory' on day one of its trek to Cal... (more)

On a crisp September morning the foothills west of Cheyenne again echo the sounds of a Union Pacific '4000' class Big Boy as it storms up Sherman Hill. In this case it is Union Pacific's recently ... (more)

Southern California's Tehachapi Mountains are home to a truly one of a kind mountain railroad with accompanying weather that is just as unique. From triple digit heat in the Summer to snow and bel... (more)

Finding a break in the clouds the morning sun finds Union Pacific's 'Southern Pacific' heritage unit on the point of eastbound tonnage, working up Sherman Hill through the searchlight installation... (more)