Morning sun illuminates the Mojave Desert as a westbound Z train pulls the grade up Ash Hill on main one at Klondike. Trailing the road power is the recently (cosmetically) restored Santa Fe 5704.... (more)

Returning from Ft. Collins and having just crossed back into Wyoming, BNSF's Cheyenne local hurries 'home' led by the sharp looking duo of Grinstein SD70MAC 9658 and warbonnet C44-9W 765.

Leaving out the 'old way' UP 1111 departs Cheyenne yard with a mixed freight as UP 7822 charges out of town on P2 with a priority westbound intermodal.

As yet more snow falls over the Sierra UP's snow fighters use spreader set 4032/4031 to clear snow off the balloon. At right is the now gone Truckee Snow office. In the background the second sprea... (more)

BNSF and their heritage...BNSF 6017 still fresh in its heritage 'stickers' scheme leads a Texas bound load of black diamonds across the old Santa Fe bridge near Larkspur, Colorado.

Roseville bound tonnage emerges from the Norden shed, led by a 'Sierra 5200', with a classic SP signal bridge framing the snowy scene. At the time the searchlight installations at Norden were (and... (more)

With a trio of Union Pacific motors up front the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey 'blue unit' circus train drifts through the many curves approaching the end of double mains at Cable on Calif... (more)

With Southern Pacific inspired heritage colors leading the charge a westbound manifest makes its way across the Sidney Subdivision at Point of Rocks, Nebraska.

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)