An eastbound Union Pacific coal train traverses Big 10 Curve at Eisele (formerly Clay), Colorado, on February 14, 2015. The head end of the train is already out of sight on the left and approachin... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train more than fills Big 10 Curve between Eisele (formerly Clay) and Rocky, Colorado, on a warm Valentines Day 2015. A pair of GE ES44ACs are on the head end (UP N... (more)

As the head end of an eastbound Union Pacific coal train traverses Big 10 Curve in the background, the mid-train DPUs leave Eisele (formerly Clay) in the foreground. Two other tracks can also be s... (more)

Alot of the UP's East-West mainline thru Iowa is flat and fairly straight since it runs along river valleys/bottoms. One of the exceptions is the trackage between Belle Plaine and Blairstown in ce... (more)

At the top of the overlook near Pinecliffe, Colo., an eastbound loaded crude oil train from Wash, Utah to Midwest City, Okla., rounds the curve approaching the east end of the siding.

In a sunny morning at region of Arantina-MG, we photographed the entire 132 car train, departing Pitangueiras yard, heading to Bom Jardim de Minas. At the photo, we can see the leaders, and the DP... (more)

A southbound UP manifest heads through Wallula Gap near the state line between Washington and Oregon. BNSF's mainline is across the Columbia River.

A Montana Rail Link ballast train loads at the Pipestone ballast pit west of Whitehall, Montana, on October 1, 2013. This loader is located on the Spire Rock Industrial Track from the Fifth Subdiv... (more)

Union Pacific MRONY heads eastbound out of Radium, Colorado, and is about to enter Little Gore Canyon on the afternoon of August 4, 2014. EMD locomotives powering the train are a pair of SD70Ms (N... (more)

It was 68° in Denver/Arvada, Colorado, on February 9, 2015, so a friend and I decided to hike out to Big 10 Curve to take advantage of the sunny skies and warm weather. This slightly different an... (more)

The morning after a light snow dusted the Front Range mountains outside of Denver, this eastbound slowly emerges from the short Tunnel 29 on its descent toward Denver.

The race is on, as two trains speed west on BNSF's Needles Subdivision. The first train in the shot is passing through Bagdad, while the Z train in the distance, running on the opposite track, wi... (more)

A union Pacific eastbound manifest with SD70ACe # 8336 in the rear in the Ruby Canyon of the Colorado River, seen from Knowles Canyon Overlook near Utaline.

An empty coal train passes through Tunnel 39 alongside the Colorado River amid the colorful fall landscape.

Spectacular view down in Ruby Canyon of the Colorado river from Knowles Canyon Overlook near Utaline, Co. A mixed UP freight with 3 GE locomotives in front and SD70ACe # 8336 shoving in the rear i... (more)