Snow Fighting to Colorado

Near the Colorado state line the Rotary OY is in full battle with snow with 2-8-2 #487 and #484 pushing.

OY in the Narrows

Rotary Steam Snow Plow D&RGW OY is battling heavy snow through the Narrows north of Chama, NM March 1, 2020. The Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec did an incred... (more)

Snow Fighter

Rotary steam powered snow plow OY is in the battle for the fight with deep snow on its accent up Cumbres Pass. In full view, Windy Point and Cumbres Pass is lo... (more)

GN NW2 sits in the snow by the Harrison St. roundhouse turntable waiting its turn in the shop for servicing. Although this loco was still Great Northern, it did not carry the typical GN logo plaqu... (more)

Union Pacific The Big Boy is just departing Denver for Cheyenne in the midst of a classic November, Colorado Wyoming blizzard. By the time the Big Boy reaches Wyoming nearly a foot of snow had com... (more)

CSX Q15230 heads north.

In a heavy snow squall Amtrak #5 the California Zephyr blasts into view just past Winter Park on its way to Fraser Canyon.

The Denver Leadville & Gunnison No. 191 is the oldest steam locomotive in Colorado and a unique survivor with a Congdon stack. Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia in 1880, it worked ... (more)

Punching the Drift

At Tunnel 1 a days worth of snowfall was at the railhead when Amtrak #6 the California Zephyr blasts through the piled snow from a full days snowfall at th... (more)

Back when NS had a more diverse roster, a westbound passes through Piscataway with a former Southern high-hood SD40-2 leading a Dash 9. It appears NS 3260 has since been rebuilt with an "Adm... (more)

Snow Bound at Coal Creek

Spring snow grips the Moffat Road at tunnel 1 and Coal Creek, CO. Amtrak #5 the California Zephyr whisks up a blizzard before rolling into the Tunnel... (more)

NS train 205 heading for the River Street crossing on a frigid day in Otego, NY.

Private car “Kansas” carries the markers of the westbound Rio Grande Ski Train through a spring blizzard west of Clay, Colorado, on March 29, 2007.

Spring snow is in full grip of the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on this early morning blue hour in April, 2020. This eastbound BNSF manifest is rolling through the horseshoe at Coal Creek, CO. Shot o... (more)

A late running westbound California Zephyr is seen approaching Soda Springs, CA, on Thanksgiving Day 2019, having crested Donner Summit two miles east of here. Less than 48 hours prior there was n... (more)