Solid Rio Grande consists were not common, but still possible to see in mid-2001. Power that had been assigned to Denver-Roper (Salt Lake City) trains in 2000 had now started to appear on the Joi... (more)

On a sunny fall afternoon, SP trains meet in the Oregon Cascades.

TXNW SD40T-2 118 looks west at Bryden, Texas with a string of empty coal gons on may 3, 2019.

The Swan Ranch Railroad operates a number of engines in an industrial area south of Cheyenne Wyoming. Their attractive black and yellow paint schemes are certainly not hard to miss.

The Colorado Railroad Museum has restored DRGW 5401 (SD40-T2) to her true heritage, having removed any UP patches or decals. With the correct number boards and numbering on the side of the cab, i... (more)

After leaving it's train on the mainline, MNA 3300 shoves on the branch leading to the yard, where it'll tie down. Evidence of an earlier incident where the train hit a downed tree can be seen wit... (more)

I labelled this photo as "westbound, near De Beque, Colorado". That`s all I know! Research on Railpics seems to say that loco 8385 is an SD40T-2. Seen in 1994.

An amply powered eastbound descends the west slope of Oregon's Cascade Range on a 1987 spring afternoon.

As the Willamette & Pacific Eugene Hauler prepares to depart Albany Yard, a Southern Pacific train passes on the main line.

SP 8526, with the Kodachrome paint scheme, leads a mixture of SP and Cotton Belt power, plus former Conrail 6693, westbound across the Cienega Creek Bridge. As clouds continue to build, the train ... (more)

A southbound IORY freight passes the local from Lima at Jackson Center.

A southbound IORY freight crosses the CF&E at Sugar Street Interlocking in Lima. The IORY was once the DT&I and the CF&E was the PRR.

As the morning fog burns off, a westbound Southern Pacific manifest rolls into the sunshine. In the distance, Willamette & Pacific's Eugene Hauler is departing Albany Yard.

Stopped by an emergency brake application, a westbound manifest on the Shasta Route cools its heels in the Butte Valley.

Springtime thunderstorms gather over Tennessee Pass as a westbound Rio Grande freight descends the steep three-percent grade through the town of Red Cliff, Colorado, on the afternoon of May 24, 19... (more)