Slightly over three hours into the new month, a heavy loaded coal train slips on wet snow covered rail as it climbs the final of three stiff grades over the New River Subdivision from Gauley to Pr... (more)

An eastbound BNSF train grinds up the Marias Pass grade above Essex under a half moon, its headlights bringing light to the otherwise eternal gloom of Shed 12 on the canyon's south wall.

In the middle of an October 26, 2006 blizzard, an eastbound BNSF freight passes the mile 22.6 detector west of Clay, Colorado. Six GE C44-9Ws guides the tonnage through the snow, and some of the t... (more)

A Union Pacific track inspector is removing his hi-rail truck from the main line west of Clay, Colorado, at Blue Mountain Drive grade crossing. An eastbound BNSF train is approaching, and consider... (more)

Poof, Just a little snow for now. If we stay cold and have no snow melt we have some big ones starting!

Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, slams through the snow drifts by the Brookfield depot in a Wisconsin blizzard on February 12, 1994.

Peeking through/sandwiched by perfectly snow covered trees, the 600 works East at Soda Springs.

Merry Christmas, everyone! A westbound Union Pacific coal train led by EMD SD90MAC-H No. 8202 and two more SD9043MACs approaches Crescent, Colorado, on a very snowy April 23, 1999. Union Pacific 8... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew is on the south end of the yard at Bryant trying to get switches cleaned out so they can yard their inbound train. Heavy wind and snow is slowing railroading down to... (more)

Southern Pacific and Union Pacific AC4400CWs team up with a westbound freight approaching Tunnel 1 east of Plain, Colorado, on a wet April 24, 1999.

A Burlington Northern freight heads across Java Bridge at Java, Montana, on a frigid March 2, 1989. Trailing lead tiger-striped GP50 No. 3126 is a SD40-2, another GP50, a B30-7A and a fuel tender.

A section crew struggles to clear a switch during a blizzard with near white-out conditions.

A GEVO and a leased AC4400CW aren't missing a beat as they battle the snow through Brooten with an eastbound manifest.

Spring snow at East Portal
On a snowy March 24, 2007, a Union Pacific coal train approaches the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado. I’d tell you the road number of this AC4400CW, ... (more)

Mtys head West through a heavy snow.