A loaded westbound coal train has just cut off the UP helpers at Colton, UT and is accelerating towards Soldier Summit on the former Rio Grande mainline. BNSF power is unusual on UP coal trains o... (more)

UP's weekly turn commonly known as the Montrose Local is pulling down the lead into the east yard after curling off the North Fork Sub. On the point are two veteran ex D&RGW GP40-2s. The train i... (more)

Amtrak 6 rolls east on UP's former Rio Grande mainline in Palisade Colorado. She is passing the vineyards of Plum Creek Winery in the fertile Grand Valley as the flank of Mt. Garfield rises behin... (more)

Looking north from the cupola of ARR caboose #1072 (since scrapped) reposing on a fine summer day on track 3 in the little used Portage Yard. Ahead can be seen caboose #1074 and an old ARR 10800 ... (more)

Two of the three SD70MACs have been run around and are now positioned on the south end of the 15 car passenger special tucked clear of the mainline at Curry. The train travels to this remote loca... (more)

The world's last true Rio Grande locomotive slumbers away the night on the "West Hooky" deep within the confines of the former western hub of the Rio Grande. Her nose is lit by the headlights of ... (more)

The ARR Fair Train consisting of a GP38-2 and two Budd RDCs boards passengers at the Anchorage historic depot for the journey up the mainline to Matanuska Junction and then up the freight only Pal... (more)

The CN's eight track barge from Prince Rupert is moored to the ARR's barge slip at the port of Whittier and is in the process of being unloaded. The ARR crew can be seen standing on the deck of th... (more)

The CN's eight track barge from Prince Rupert is moored to the ARR's barge slip at the port of Whittier and is in the process of being unloaded. The water is calm on this rare clear day on the sh... (more)

ARR's Director of Passenger Operations chats with the brakeman on the southbound Denali Star as it makes it's scheduled stop at Denali National Park. ARR business car #2000, the Aurora, brings up ... (more)

Two RDCs and a GP40-2 stand at the Alaska Railroad's Palmer Fairgrounds depot after delivering another load of happy people from downtown Anchorage to the Alaska State Fair in the Matanuska Valley... (more)

View from the back platform of ARR business car #2000 as it rolls south on the rear of the Denali Star on the ARR mainline. Fall comes early in Alaska and the foothills of the Alaska Range are aw... (more)

The old meets the new at the north side of the diesel shop. The silvered trucks on HEP equippped passenger MAC sitting on House 1 contrasts with the war weary GP40-2 sitting on House 3 still in v... (more)

Shot from a signalman's high rail vehicle pacing on the adjacent track, the Louisiana Steam Train Association's reborn steam locomotive (Algiers 1921) is making her first trip over the mighty Huey... (more)

On it's first trip west over the entire length of its namesake road, the UP's Rio Grande Heritage Unit is seen drifting downgrade through the middle of section of the Gilluly Loops as it crosses o... (more)