Fading sunlight leaks through a cloudy sky as Amtrak Coast Starlight train number 11 runs on schedule, southbound towards Ventura.

BNSF 6666 charges upgrade near Tunnel 2, just north of Bealville.

27 miles out of Denver Union Station, the Denver & Rio Grande Western route turns west into Tunnel 8, penetrating the imposing Flatirons during its climb toward the Moffat Tunnel and continental d... (more)

Symbolic of the looming storm coming with the paper mill closure the Apache Railroad itself is trying to find ways to stay ahead of the darkness and keep in business.

The Holbrook turn is returning to the Apache yard near the mill.

Two EMD motors charge westbound with a loaded auto train along the Truckee River to Truckee.

The Illinois Terminal and Conrail heritage units team up to power an eastbound steel coil train bound for Weirton, WV across the Maumee River swing bridge.

At Converse Junction, Wyoming, a loaded BNSF coal train cruises by on June 29, 2002. On this beautiful summer afternoon, the snow fences have little to do except create shadowy shapes across the r... (more)

Amtrak #6, the California Zephyr is seen making good time after negotiating the Big Ten Curve and is seen rolling through Rocky.

Four UP units slowly rolls along the Truckee River as they prepare to stop at Truckee to let an auto train a head of them to clear the Big Hole Tunnel.

WP on the SP! Well almost... UP 1983 shoves up the rear of the three car Operation Life Saver on it's second trip to Sparks as the Western Pacific heritage unit travels the Ex- Southern P... (more)

GL26C-2 2006 (former Queensland Railways), GR12UM 1414 and 1413 (former CN/Newfoundland Railways) and mid-helpers GR12U 1403 and Clyde/GM G22 1435 are climbing Cumbre Pass with loaded sulfuric aci... (more)

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Deer Trail is supposedly the site of the world's first rodeo exhibition back on July 4th, 1869. This small town on the plains still has an old-west feel - walking along 1st Ave, one could imagine ... (more)

A BNSF coal train runs down the wrong side of the river, headed for Columbia, WI on the CP. Shot from John Latsch State Park... it's a long walk to the top.