A westbound Union Pacific passenger special crosses the Colorado River as it approaches Burns, Colorado, running over the Dotsero Cutoff on August 3, 2014. Powering the nine-car train is EMD SD70A... (more)

A dirty Illinois Terminal heritage SD70ACe leads a couple well weathered UP motors as they pull up to 'Spring' to swap crews

Snow and Sunrise Spring Sunrise on the Joint Line. A poetic dance of warm and cool light from the imminent sunrise play in the atmosphere with the frozen and super cooled water vapor;... (more)

Daytime work windows for Montana Rail Link track gangs have made Mullan Pass west of Helena, Montana, a busy place late in the afternoon, as trains waiting out the curfew begin to move. As a westb... (more)

Starting in 2009 the United States Department of Energy began a project to move the nation's largest pile of uranium tailings located just outside Moab. The tailings are a byproduct of the former ... (more)

After making a rare westbound run up the Whitethrone District, NS 51E thunders along the muddy New River with solid BNSF ACe power.

With a heavy drizzle turning the skies a deep grey, NS 1067s bright Reading Company "Bee Line" paint scheme makes for a pleasant splash of color as 25P roars westbound into the rain at T... (more)

BNSF 8417 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal out of the Denver Yard and heads towards the southbound track of the Joint Line.

NS 51Z snakes it’s way west through Ingleside, WV.

Sun shines on the nose of a BNSF ACe as it brings NS 51Z west through Oakvale, WV.

In a rare occurrence, a westbound has traversed the Whitethorne district and is seen here about to jump back into the Christiansburg district in Narrows, VA. A pair of BNSF ACe’s bring the train... (more)

UP 8584, 4241, 8080, & 6647 lead a westbound manifest.

Clouds prevailed but luck was on my side as the sun pokes itself behind them as UP 8571 in its new paint scheme leads NS 168 west for St. Louis.

A loaded oil train rolls upgrade through Rich Mountain on a very nice evening in the Ouachita Mountains.

A quartet of Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACe being used as a manned helper for trains climbing Mullan Pass out of Helena, Montana, heads back to town at Austin after helping a train up the pass on t... (more)