In the Union Pacific/Central Pacific's Overland Route, stretching 1,911 miles from Omaha to the San Francisco Bay, the railroad spends approximately 13 miles in the northwestern corner of Colorado... (more)

Racing west into the afternoon sun, a hot BNSF intermodal prepares to pass below historic Route 66 Crookton Overpass.

Unsure of what they're doing here ... they are on the main line (the bypass out of Cheyenne that splits left to Denver and right over the Harriman Cutoff), and a brakeman rides on the pilot with a... (more)

An eastbound crossing the bridge just a short sight west of Marias Pass Summit. There is a natural salt seepage in the canyon walls below the bridge that attracts the iconic mountain goats that se... (more)

NS 3041 runs a local tank train long hood forward, as nature intended ...! Notice the Whiting Amtrak platform still features the so-called "Pointless Arrow."

Better Days. While looking structurally sound, close inspection shows lots of needs to refurbish this late era D&RGW caboose. This was one of several cabooses in the yard, and I understand ... (more)

Pass at Buford. Well it's not a Big Boy passing an FEF-3, but it will do! UP 6005 rolls confidently downhill, eastward toward Cheyenne.

Rolling downhill, UP 2681 holds back an eastbound.

Westbound, just over the summit of Marias Pass, a familiar leaser leads a train along the south edge of Glacier National Park.

With the curious town of Marfa TX visible on the near horizon, and just past the Marfa Lights observation spot, UP 5831 dig in to the climb over Paisano Pass, a few miles ahead. Paisano Pass is th... (more)

Visibly dipping below the Burlington Northern, CN SD60F #5540 leads a sister and two UP diesels on a transfer from Proviso Yard to Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard, where the cars will be r... (more)

Originally C&NW 8695, UP 9799 looks in great shape as the 31-year-old leader of a well-powered container train rolling downslope toward Cheyenne at Sunrise. The Borie Cutoff line connecting Denver... (more)

BNSF 989 will cut around the next bend to find itself of the summit of Marias Pass. A heavy spring snowstorm hit the pass the night before, and it would only be a couple hours before that snowy US... (more)

Loading at Granite. If one imagines hard enough, the train in the foreground is the eastbound City of San Francisco with an 800 class FEF-3 ripping downslope toward Cheyenne, while a 9000 c... (more)

Ripping west through a desolate area of San Bernardino County, California, this train will soon bounce south to Daggett to join the UP (SP) en route into Barstow before heading either to the LA Ba... (more)