Storm clouds build overhead as the California Zephyr climbs out of Coal Creek Canyon towards Tunnel #1.

Bicycle riders pass the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado as BNSF 5246 (Dash 9) gets ready to take a freight to Denver.

A pair of Union Pacific SD70M motors sit in the yard in LaSalle, Colorado.

Norfolk Southern #4130 (AC44C6M) leads a grain train west on the Brush Sub towards Denver, Colorado.

UP 4404 (SD70M) runs an officer's special through Greeley, Colorado as it heads to Denver.

QGRY SD40-3 3327 leads 23 loads of LPG off of the Red Deer Railway Hoadley Sub onto CPKC's Leduc Sub at Jackson.

A&R AF25 passes through Rockfish on their way to the River Terminal in Fayetteville.

After setting off their train, the A&R runs lite to Fayetteville with a pair of geeps.

Western Maryland Scenic hosted a Fireball Photo Experience featuring CSX 4621 (ex WM SD 40 7496) with some ballast and freight cars in tow.

A pair of SD40N's working the Union Pacific Shortline Yard outside of Des Moines, Iowa have pulled up the signal and are awaiting clearance across the diamond in order to take headroom for their w... (more)

A GP7 built back in 1950 for the Erie seen living out its days in Conrail colors in Tamora, Nebraska, along the BNSF Ravenna Sub. Its elevator mate is a SD18 that was originally built for the C&O ... (more)

The RS40 is seen making the trip to One World Recycling on the Central Branch.

Houston is significantly more fluid than I've seen in the past 30 years and one reason is utilizing more of the legacy trackage. Case in point, BNSF H TEAPTX1 10 takes a left off the West Belt to... (more)

Even with this loaded Galveston bound ethanol running down the GH&H at 10mph, it still made me nervous and he was in no hurry to clear the gauge.

NS 16N passes by a flurry of boating activity in the Vermilion, OH River.