Searles Searles was the Junction between Southern Pacific's Jawbone Line and and Trona Railway. From here the Trona drops a long steep grade onto the the rim of Death Valley. In the phot... (more)

Mojave Airport A Grain Train charges the 2%+ grade approaching Warren on the east slope of Tehachapi Pass. Above the grain train is a empty coal train that has just returned from Trona.... (more)

Uintah Railway Lives Okay, Soooo it is not the Uintah Railway. However the former Baldwin logging 2-6-6-2 climbing a 6% grade is as close as you can get to experiencing a Uintah Mallet.... (more)

Thompson River Canyon A eastbound manifest heads upgrade along the Thompson River. The train will soon pass under old Highway 1.

Supply Chain & Rails Evergreen Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles / San Pedro. International supply chain issues plaguing the world are very evident in this photo, Container ships an... (more)

Beavers in the Desert A westbound trainload of Minnesota grain for the Central Valley storms out of Warren, California. The CP motors are no stranger to mountain grades but look a bit ou... (more)

Big Sixty Trestle The Toledo Hauler lifts a heavy eastbound cut of paper up the west slope of the Coast Range, across the Big Sixty Trestle. The reason for the name Big Sixty seems to ha... (more)

Great Northern 274 Built in 1950 for the Great Northern Railroad EMD F7A continues a life 70+ years later pulling tourists between Garilbaldi and Rockaway, Beach, along the Oregon Coast... (more)

Marias Pass A early clear morning in the Northern Rockies sees a eastbound Stack train leaving Java. The train is pulling the 1.8% grade up toward the Blacktail Horseshoe. This section ... (more)

Skyline Cut A coal load charges the 2.2% grade and 10 degree curves just west of Skyline, Montana. The dark sky in the background is a departing thunderstorm that just deposited much ne... (more)

Last Light on Austin With 15 minutes before the the scene descends into shadow a westbound export coal load charges the 2.2% at Austin, MT. Just above the first terrain cut above the Mull... (more)

Rainbow on Mullan A Westbound Intermodal curves around the upper horseshoe of the Austin Loops and under a bright rainbow from a exiting storm. The MRL has been moving a increasing numbe... (more)

Iron Ridge A Westbound Grain load threads the the big cut at Iron Ridge on Mullan Pass. The colorful rock in the cut is the mineralization that makes this valley rich in Gold, Copper and ... (more)

Donner Pass Shed 10 A dry cold front makes for some crisp morning views of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. A massive double grain empty climbs the 1.8% grade at Shed 10. The power for the ... (more)

Donner Pass Shed 10 Snowshed s once lined almost the entire distance from Yuba Gap to Donner Summit. This intensive use of sheds led to severe smoke problems, and as snow fighting tech... (more)