Having Departed from Missoula and headed for Laurel was this passenger special. Before the train arrived the skies were sunny but when the train finally arrived much had changed. The sunny skies w... (more)

A loaded BNSF coal drag crosses the Clark Fork River while traversing the MRL at Noxon on a beautiful fall afternoon. Just a few minutes before the arrival of this train the waters were perfectly ... (more)

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr wiggles through the curves in Red Gorge west of Radium, Colorado, on November 6, 2012.

History passed this way: Near tiny Romeroville, New Mexico, where wagon trains bound for Santa Fe once made their way, Santa Fe Train 23, the Grand Canyon, on July 27, 1967 begins the climb to Glo... (more)

Amtrak units 152 & 118 are leading the way for California Zephyr #5 as it rolls along South Boulder Creek near Tolland, CO.

I think it's easy to say which state I'm in... Northbound stacks from Denver, Colorado to Tacoma, Washington pass by the Wyoming Welcome Center near Cheyenne, Wyoming at Speer on January 30, 20... (more)

Galloping home early in the afternoon at Rocky siding, Rio Grande number 10, the Craig-Denver Yampa Valley, is 35 minutes from a 3:20 arrival at Union Station. Three coaches and a baggage car behi... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s gas local heads east along the clear Flathead River on September 21, 2012. Powering the train of tank cars is MRL SD45 (SD45M-2) No. 346 and SD40-2XR No. 263.

Just another day on the Wet Coast, a rather small 38 car train 570 rounds the curve at the 55.7 mile bridge deep in the Cheakamus Canyon 16 miles from its destination of Squamish, BC

An empty crude oil train hugs the shoreline of the Clark Fork River as it traverses the stunning Cabinet Gorge on its way toward Missoula, Laurel, and points east.

Between Fort Collins, Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming, there's nothing but farmland, rolling hills, and open prairie. You could go back fifty years or even jump ahead fifty years later from now and... (more)

Five Rio Grande GP40-2s lead a 252 train up the Mapleton Bench east of Springville on Aug. 16, 1988.

Crossing the Colorado River at Topock on the venerable ex-Santa Fe bridge, a westbound BNSF passenger special bound for the Super Bowl will soon be arriving Needles, CA where it will tie up for th... (more)

One of BNSF's finest looking units leads a loaded grain train under the endangered ex-Northern Pacific cantilever signal bridge which guards the east end of 8,845ft Hope siding on MRL's 4th Subdiv... (more)

As the result of an afternoon storm, a fresh layer of snow blankets the high-desert terrain of Glorieta, NM. Seen here, BNSF #7781 leads Amtrak’s Southwest Chief #4 through the quiet community m... (more)