An Iowa Interstate gevo was an unexpected surprise on UP's North Yard to North Platte manifest, seen here nearing the top of their climb at Speer Junction, just outside Cheyenne, Wyoming.

UP's North Yard (Denver) to North Platte manifest makes its way north through Eaton, Colorado, on a hot June afternoon. There's nothing different about the train, with the exception of a midwester... (more)

2 Canadian National EMDs lead the Lincoln to Laurel manifest west out of Hastings, NE, passing a CB&Q-style searchlight signal, which unfortunately has been replaced. This train had just set off ... (more)

Amtrak #5 has departed Hastings, NE, roughly 14.5 hours late after getting stuck behind a train that got stuck in a snowdrift. They ran around the offending train at the Hastings siding, where the... (more)

Amtrak #5 got stuck behind a grain train, which got stuck in a snow drift the previous night. With a 3rd Amtrak locomotive and 2 BNSF ES44AC's for power, the train pulls away from the depot, where... (more)

About 30 miles east of Hastings, NE, a grain train led by BNSF 5503 got stuck in a snow drift near the town of Sutton. This delayed both Amtrak #5 and #6 by 14+ hours and held up the Chicago to De... (more)

Once the helpers couple on the back of the train, MRL's Laurel to Missoula manifest will be ready to depart Livingston for Bozeman pass. Power for the LM was 371, 390, and 215. 371 and 215 have si... (more)

The then-daily Laurel to Missoula manifest is ready to depart Livingston for Bozeman pass, but first BNSF's Pasco to Laurel needs to clear the main. Once the helpers are off this train, they will ... (more)

The 2nd engineer enjoys a nice spring day by sticking his arm out the window as Amtrak #3, the Southwest Chief, climbs Raton Pass at 20 miles per hour. Soon, the train will be doing 79 miles per h... (more)

After chasing the LM up Bozeman Pass, we heard the dispatcher tell them they'd meet one at the top, then we heard the dispatcher tell the Laurel-Pasco train behind them they'd meet the train at Mu... (more)

With the Galloping Goose running and incredible fall colors around, lots of people were chasing train 216 out of Chama, NM, on October 4. We decided to ditch the masses after the train passed Loba... (more)

Running a Maintenance charter for the 'Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec,' locomotive 463 starts the train up after stopping briefly on a curve outside of Sublette.

Still lettered "Rio Grande" for a special steam charter trip earlier in the week, C&TS K36 484 leads a long 11-car train 215 west out of Chama with caboose 0306 on the rear. For the nex... (more)

After 3 straight days of snow, Colroado's Rocky Mountains were knee-deep or higher basically everywhere you went. Thus, a day on the Moffat ensued. Early in the morning, the Energy Mine to Valmon... (more)

A coal train heads south on the Joint Line on a perfect spring morning, led by CREX 1211 and BNSF 8585.