Four Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs haul an empty coal train west through the snow-covered trees at Crescent, Colorado, on a beautiful March 19, 1998.

With the snow/rain mix under some dark and dreary weather outside, the cab interior of former Erie Mining Company F9(A) 4214 looks a little rough and about the same as the weather outside, the r... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train approaches the east switch at Crescent, Colorado, on March 27, 2009. We didn’t know it at the time, but this was the very last weekend of Denver’s Ski Train. Running t... (more)

Interior cab view of old wooden SP snow dozer-flanger now on static display at Train Mountain Railroad Club grounds.

Amtrak No. 6 glides downhill into Truckee as light snow falls.

Southern Pacific 2-6-0 No. 1744 leads Deer Creek Scenic's Santa Claus Express through an icy landscape at Deer Creek Dam near Wallsburg. The 1744 was built by Baldwin for the SP in November 1901.

A light snow is falling as an eastbound UP manifest curves through Maplewood on its final approach to St. Louis.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe train No. 14 heads east through the snow at Bison, Montana, on February 28, 1997. Former Colorado & Southern SD40 No. 6339 leads the train into an oppressive wind, whi... (more)

Snow, sand and fuel
An employee from the fuel track at North Yard at Denver, Colorado, fuels and sands a line of locomotives on the very snowy afternoon of April 15, 2013.

Westbound coal empties snake through a winter wonderland of snow west of Clay, Colorado, on December 29, 2006. Seven big six-motor locomotives power the train; six GE AC4400CWs with a EMD SD9043MA... (more)

A hostler from Union Pacific’s North Yard fuel tracks awaits the next move surrounded by snow-covered tracks and locomotives in a swirling April 15, 2013, blizzard at Denver, Colorado.

Winter just won't give up without a fight this year. A local heads west across the Chippewa River in Eau Claire, WI in heavy snow.

Fresh snow covers the landscape as a Union Pacific freight heads along a small frozen pond just south of Black River Falls, Wisconsin. I love the texture caused by the way the pond is freezing and... (more)

Snowy pit stop
Union Pacific locomotives get serviced at North Yard in Denver, Colorado, on April 15, 2013. No matter what the weather, railroading continues on; even in a heavy snow, r... (more)

BNSF 4144 and a few other motors wait on the team track surrounded by another late season snow.