Completed in July 1909 at a cost of $500,000, Union Pacific's Salt Lake City passenger station is a beautiful monument to the golden age of passenger train travel. The structure was built in the E... (more)

eastbound Amtrak train #26 the Pioneer approaching Rowena, OR

westbound Amtrak train #25 the Pioneer near Rowena, OR on UP Portland Sub.

Amtrak train #25 the Pioneer approaching Cascade Locks, OR on UP Portland Sub.

The beautifully restored Boise Depot basks in late evening sun. Note at far right,there is another photographer at work. I will admit, the other photogs subject may be more appealing than the tra... (more)

While I was looking at slides the other day, I noticed this one. While I worked at Amtrak during the 1980's, I often took my cameras with me. Every chance I got, I photographed the trains and scen... (more)

UTA 18 sits on display at the Boise depot.

A warm evening glow radiates from the flanks of Union Pacific's beautiful Boise, Idaho depot. Construction of the Spanish Mission-style building was completed in 1925, featuring a grand boulevard ... (more)

Westbound Portland Rose at Boise, ID, on Thanksgiving Day 1970.

Running 18 hours late due to a UPRR freight train derailment in Oregon, the eastbound Pioneer #26 bypasses Boise cutoff via the UPRR mainline. Shown here at Kuna, ID, #26 is making a rare appearan... (more)

Back in the 1980's, it seemed the EMD F40PH locomotive would be around forever. The combined California Zephyr-Desert Wind-Pioneer train climbs Rio Grande's 2% grade through Detour on the way east... (more)

Amtrak train #25, the westbound Pioneer crosses a fill between the Columbia River and a causeway near Cascade Locks.

Amtrak train #26, the eastbound Pioneer blasts across a bridge over the road to the Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River Gorge.

Combined California Zephyr / Desert Wind / Pioneer crossing Colorado Rockies

Combined California Zephyr / Desert Wind / Pioneer approaches 10-degree curves marking beginning to climb into Colorado Rockies