A trio of N&W SD-40-2s and a SD40 move a loaded coal train along the New River. The N&W SD40-2s were low short hood but normally operated long hood forward. When running as a lead unit this could... (more)

BN 1750 and 4 other vintage units lead a freight west through tunnel 9, the first of 3 tunnels just west of Lyle, WA along the Columbia River en route to Vancouver, WA from Wishram.

It's 6:05 p.m. and Rio Grande's Railblazer train No. 102 is minutes out of Roper Yard on its journey to Denver. The abandoned structures at right make up the Utah Ore Sampling Company, once a hub ... (more)

The second section of Rio Grande's 100 train roars eastward through Spanish Fork Canyon at Diamond Fork crossing. Train No. 100 was interchange received from the SP at Ogden and delivered to the B... (more)

Rio Grande's Midvale Tramp descends the 2.2% grade of the Bingham Branch at Dalton Junction. Kennecott Copper's Bingham Canyon Mine is nestled in the Oquirrh Mountains at left while the new ore co... (more)

With a rainbow consist, westbound CSX Q397 was west of Orleans Road, WV on Oct. 15, 1987, led by recently painted GP40-2 No. 6638.

Southbound CSX K651 rolls along South Center St. in Ashland, VA on April 9, 2000 with SD60M No. 8772. K651 was used primarily to return empty Tropicana cars, but frequently carried a block of Flo... (more)

The photographer rode this train from Pittsburgh, and due to station dwell time was able to get up front and record this scene. PRR's second order of E8's from EMD came in Tuscan Red, #5701 was t... (more)

CN 6502, with an F9B and GP9 are making a late evening station stop at Chilliwack, BC, the first stop outside the Vancouver area. From here the Super Continental will spend the night cruising east... (more)

Union Pacific's OANP climbs Cherry Hill near Farmington on Sept. 16, 1990.

Union Pacific's Provo Switcher works the General Refractories spur in Lehi on Sept. 2, 1988. Historically this track is a remnant of the old UP Fairfield Branch that left the Provo Main at Cutler ... (more)

While sheep graze in a nearby meadow, Amtrak's California Zephyr train No. 5 climbs west approaching Soldier Summit. My dad was with me on this railfan excursion and was sure that Amtrak and the R... (more)

As viewed from the 28th St. bridge, service tracks and a yard office hosted a pair of 1st generation diesel classics for commuter and local service. The view below this bridge today is vastly dif... (more)

Richard Beal photo: Typical coal train power inbound on the CNW. This shot is near impossible to get nowadays as Richard is standing in what is the middle of the "hobo fire pit" surrounded by a... (more)