Amtrak train 6, the eastbound California Zephyr passes through the scenic wonders of Little Gore Canyon between Radium and Azure, Colorado, on August 3, 2014. Trailing the road power is a new Siem... (more)

After getting the light to pull down the main at Tolland, UP 5727 slowly pulls west where they'll pick up the conductor on the manifest parked ahead in the siding next to the DPUs and bring him ba... (more)

Beginning of a new era? Amtrak's westbound Ski Train races through Tolland, Colo., while overtaking a westbound Union Pacific manifest that's parked in the siding. This is pretty much a dem... (more)

The rear of D&RGW 5382’s westbound train is still in the Continental Divide and Tennessee Pass summit tunnel as the train now begins its 3% decline at Mitchell, Colo. The train will drop almost... (more)

At 8,574-ft. elevation Fraser, Colo. competes with International Falls, Minn. often calling itself the coldest spot in the USA. D&RGW’s eastbound Train 100 has to climb 665-ft. more height as... (more)

Union Pacific’s MNYRO manifest freight climbs around the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon west of Clay, Colorado, on July 8, 2012. Three locomotives on the front of the train are about to enter Tunnel... (more)

D&SNGRR 473 pulls the Fall Photographer's Train through Whitehead Gulch on the way to Silverton, CO. The consist was comprised of all "Tuscan Red" premium coaches, a departure from the b... (more)

Montana Rail Link day gas travels westward between the Flathead River and a rocky mountain side as it approaches Paradise, Montana. It will drop off the front section of a gondolas which appear to... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train snakes through Red Gorge west of Radium, Colorado, on November 1, 2012. Three mid-train DPUs, along with a lone rear DPU, help keep the heavy train in check o... (more)

Caboose built by International Car in March of 1976.

On a nice November 7, 2012, afternoon, an eastbound Union Pacific coal train follows the Colorado River through Red Gorge between Yarmony and Radium, Colorado. Six General Electric locomotives pow... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train gracefully curves along the bank of the Colorado River into Red Gorge between Yarmony and Radium, Colorado, on a warm November 7, 2012.

The Southern Pacific Heritage engine heads West as it pulls up the grade on #3 track approaching Dale Jct.

Gliding along the calm waters of an emerald-colored Bow River is a westbound Canadian Pacific intermodal train at Exshaw, Alberta, on September 24, 2013.

Three matched blue MRL SD45's lead a westbound M-LAUSPO down the Clark Fork River along the narrow rock shelf approaching Plateau Tunnel (the portal of which can be seen on the right).