The California Zephyr runs through east Keenesburg at dawn as storm clouds move in.

Amtrak's northbound Auto Train #52 crosses over the James River in Richmond, running 12 hours late. With 15 Superliners and 33 autoracks in tow, the P40s assigned to this service get a bigger work... (more)

Into the sunset

Winter Sunrise on Denver
Westbound just after first light Amtrak 1105 the WPE is leaning into it at Leyden just after 0730.

Denver Zephyr Memories
The DZ used to charge east to Chicago in the morning a very late 5 was a great opportunity to bring this memory for some alive in 2022 with the majestic Fron... (more)

The South Draw Sand Train Pull No other place on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision combines grades, curves and tunnels like South Draw. This is the section of railroad the Rio Grande purchase... (more)

The California Zephyr races the sunrise as it heads through open country east of Roggen, Colorado.

A San Luis & Rio Grande photo freight, powered by 2-6-0 No. 1744, aims at La Veta Pass east of after departing Alamosa, Colorado, at first light. This is a special photo freight operated by the ra... (more)

P97 crawls into town under dramatic skies with an ES40DC and one of the recently acquired ex EMDX ACes for power. Overhead, a large flock of seagulls (billions of birds one could say) are fleeing ... (more)

A short south bound Union Pacific manifest slithers it's way up through the curves at Allard in the late afternoon sun light as cloud shadows blanket the surrounding emerald hills. ... (more)

3 big GE's lead a stack train elephant style up and out of Crozier canyon during an overcast evening.

A brisk February dusk yields this Patchogue bound trainset making its way through the complicated turnouts near Jay Tower and Jamaica Station before it makes its way out to the far reaches of Long... (more)

A Loram Rail Grinder puts on a light (and noise) show for the residents of Tacoma and Ruston, at the site of the form Asarco Smelter. Tunnel #1, just under 400' long, is the lesser known tunnel i... (more)

ED-7 gets ready to swing a train over to the class yard to push over the hump.