During the summer of 2020, the Durango and Silverton was not operating revenue passenger trains between its titular towns, instead merely running between Rockwood and Cascade Canyon. However, equi... (more)
A GE AC4400CW shoving this westbound Union Pacific coal train bound for California is only a few miles into its run up Soldier Summit on the former Denver and Rio Grande Western mainline which, de... (more)
A study in the EMD SD70. Four different SD70 variants (SD70M, SD70ACe, SD70AH, SD70ACe-T4), plus a CSX interloper, feature on the head end of UP's Ogden, UT to Portland, OR manifest, with the snow... (more)
A pair of SD40Ns blow smoke while working the Green River yard as a westbound intermodal prepares to depart.
EIRR's Rupert Job works the yard in northeast Rupert, putting out a hefty amount of smoke behind a pair of ex-Amtrak GP40s. The leader was built for NYC in the 1960s.
Despite the pandemic, the LC&S continues operating, one of the highest standard-gauge railroads operating in the United States at the moment, if not the highest; Leadville sits at roughly 10,150 f... (more)
An eastbound UP manifest rolls past the grain elevator in Mountain Home, ID; the Amalgamated Sugar spur is seen in the foreground.