The morning Bernina Express from Tirano arriving at Alp Grüm station. In the background, the Palü Glacier melts into hundreds of waterfalls that flow in the Palü Lake below.
From atop tunnel 1 on UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision, we see the Rocky Mountaineer snaking around the bend led by a pair of UP SD70Ms as the begin their journey west through the Rockies.
CSX coal loads ease down the stiff grade on the former C&O Loup Creek Branch now operated by RJ Corman. This train is operating as Z549 and will turn into T206 once it gets onto home rails at Thur... (more)