Northbound loaded FMG iron ore train passing through Solomon Junction. This is where the line out to Kings/Firetail branches off. The 2nd unit is a former Union Pacific SD9043MAC that was heavi... (more)

A set of Rio Grande power moves toward the enginehouse at Helper, Utah, on the afternoon of August 6, 1996. Rio Grande had a total of 73 EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors bought between 1974 and 1980. Aft... (more)

Extra loaded autorack train L211 prepares to enter one of the large cuts on the South side of Cumberland Mountain. With all the rain we received over the winter many of the areas natural springs w... (more)

Last Light on the Sherman Granite

A slow moving Z train is moving past the Great Pink Panther moments after sunset near Sherman Hill. A truly southwest sunset, purples, reds, ... (more)

The arched masonry Varda viaduct was constructed between 1907 and 1912 to bridge the deep canyon of Çakıt Deresi, with a height of 99 metres at its centremost point and a length of 172 metre... (more)

Passing through quintessential desert scenery beneath the Book Cliffs, Union Pacific LJP45 “dirt train” local approaches the junction to the Green River Subdivision main line at Mounds, Utah, ... (more)

Red Rocks

Completely disconnected from the thought that there would be a train on this day, I found the Potash Local making its journey to its namesake completely on accident t... (more)

Following the Missouri River is an eastbound BNSF grain empty at Lombard, Montana, on the morning of June 25, 2020.

Amtrak returns to Dale Creek Junction

Amtrak Number 6, the “California Zephyr” rolls through the Harriman Cutoff past the iconic mountain at Dale Junction on the Union Pa... (more)

First Light at Dale Junction

Within moments after the sun rises over Sherman Hill my vantage point on the East Sherman Granite allows the sun to dance with the Overland Route... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr descends through Glenwood Canyon along the scenic Colorado River in what looks like a well weathered model railroad due to being perched high above on the mountain.

BNSF’s Denver to Laurel freight enters Himes Canyon along the Bighorn River just west of Himes, Wyoming, on the morning of July 3, 2020. Himes Canyon is located between the sidings of Himes and ... (more)

Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extension main line crossed the Missouri River at Lombard and began the climb following Sixteen Mile Creek through appropriately-named Sixteen Mile Canyon, eventually re... (more)

Cascade Green Quartet! Coal moving over Mullan Pass behind four Cascade Green ex. Burlington Northern SD60Ms! The sound of big DC motors exploding out of Skyline Cut and over the Austin C... (more)

Tunnel 29 A westbound coal empty wraps around the 12 degree curve into Tunnel 29. The track then makes a northward turn on a 10 degree curve towards PineCliffe in the upper right of the ph... (more)