Rolling through beautiful Utah red rock country bordering Arches National Park, a 13-car Union Pacific Potash local approaches multiple curves nearing Emkay, Utah, on March 4, 2012. This is a form... (more)

A loaded Utah coal train, after topping Soldier Summit, is heading downgrade towards Provo. The late afternoon light highlights the magnificent scenery and colorful consist, which includes both t... (more)

More crushed gypsum heads to Plaster City (where it will be crushed even more). The mine railroad was originally conceived and built by a San Diego pharmacist, Samuel Dunnaway, who had relocated t... (more)

As the snow begins to fall, loaded military train S279 climbs through the first of many cuts on the Southern side of Cumberland Mountain.

Northbound intermodal I142 enters the deep walls of Big Hominy Cut during a heavy snow shower.

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha pops out of a tunnel just west of the top of Homstake Pass, providing passengers with a stunning daytime view of the Montana Rockies on its daytime run across western... (more)

Shidu Tunnel, Jingyuan Railway

A new view on Rock Tunnel, showing it in the context of the rugged and massive Toltec Gorge. In the far upper left you can make out the line miles back toward Antonito, and even further the distan... (more)

On September 27, 2023, an eastbound Union Pacific unit oil train slowly heads downgrade out of Pinecliffe, Colorado, following South Boulder Creek into the Tunnel District.

Grain loads for Richmond head Eastbound at Buttons Bluff crossing the James River on a cloudy afternoon.

Now it's 400 Feet Straight Down*

Easing around the famed Horseshoe Curve on the Denver and Rio Grande Western's Silverton Branch we catch K37 493 rounding out the bend from Roc... (more)

Rolling through the picturesque Jefferson River Canyon, one of what's likely to be the final MRL ballast trains is dwarfed by a massive cavern, part of the Lewis and Clark Cavern State Park. Truly... (more)

M583 rolls through Tantallon Cut at the bottom of Cumberland Mountain on a dreary Fall morning.

Fast approaching the crew change point of Jasper, Alberta, in Jasper National Park is Canadian National train 117 as it passes beautiful Jasper Lake beside Windy Point west of Devona on July 16, 2... (more)

CSX’s Conrail Heritage Unit leads Westbound NS KL01 (CSX E090) out of Natural Tunnel at Glenita, Virginia on the Appalachia District.