Open Horseshoe-curves are always spectacular photolocations. On Silverzone Pass on the former Western Pacific mainline such a thing exists - the so called Arnold Loop. Since 1982 the line belongs ... (more)

Photo made with a fisheye lens shot at the very north portion of Arnold Loop. In the distance is Pilot Peak. Two exposures were made and combined in Photoshop to capture the full range of light ... (more)

California Zephyr trains typically round Arnold Loop during the midnight hours, so riders were treated to a daytime trip on this 12-hour late train. Also bringing up the rear is a Zephyr original,... (more)

A westbound freight train traverses Arnold Loop in eastern Nevada on its ascent of Silver Zone Pass. Fog from the valley below and the salt flats of Utah has covered the front of the locomotive in... (more)

An eastbound BNSF manifest is coiled around Arnold Loop, descending Union Pacific's Silver Zone Pass in eastern Nevada. This train is running from Stockton CA to Denver CO on trackage rights gran... (more)

A grain train exits a rock cut and enters Arnold Loop on the former WP across Northern Nevada.

An eastbound grain train descends Arnold Loop in the eastern Nevada Desert on the former WP.