The front running gear of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at rest at Rock Springs, Wyoming, on the afternoon of May 5, 2019, shows an abundance of grease and oil, surely more than usual to aid in b... (more)

Sunrise on the high plains
At 6:16 a.m. on May 6, 2019, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 steams westward at East Granger, Wyoming, while the morning sun just cracks above a cloud on the ea... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr is led by “Phase II heritage” P42DC No. 130 as the passenger train descends the grade at Coal Creek Canyon east of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of Apr... (more)

Pounding up Track 3 at Dale Junction is a westbound Union Pacific stack train crossing Wyoming’s Sherman Hill on October 16, 2007.

A westbound Union Pacific “K-Line” stack train passes by the unique rock formations at Dale, Wyoming, while crossing Sherman Hill on October 16, 2007.

A northbound BNSF coal train is about to meet a southbound Union Pacific coal train at Bill, Wyoming, on May 25, 2009. Interestingly, the yard for the car repair facility located here has some app... (more)

Union Pacific’s MNYPH freight from Denver to Phippsburg, Colorado, works upgrade out of Eisele led by Western Pacific heritage SD70ACe No. 1983 on the afternoon of April 14, 2019.

Just how steep the ledge is on the High Line that carries Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge trains can be seen in this view of a D&SNG mixed freight photo extra crawling along above the Animas Rive... (more)

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr quietly crosses the large earthen fill leading down to Tunnel 16 at South Draw as the silvery passenger train catches some sunlight playing tag with clouds whi... (more)

Former Wisconsin & Southern F45 No. 1002, now Montana Rail Link No. 392, leads a helper set into Helena, Montana, after pushing a train over Mullan Pass on July 4, 1994. Before a short life on WSO... (more)

A pair of brand-new locomotives are DPU power for a westbound Union Pacific freight coming off Track 3 at Dale Junction while climbing over Sherman Hill on the morning of October 16, 2007. One eac... (more)

Montana Rail Link EMD F45 No. 390 leads LM (Laurel to Missoula manifest freight) approaching Greycliff, Montana, on the afternoon of October 3, 2005. The train will be treading through snow by the... (more)

A respite from the clouds illuminates an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe stack train climbing Marias Pass at Marias, Montana, on the morning of June 5, 2002. Santa Fe GE C44-9W No. 665 lead... (more)

Some pretty good storms have moved east as afternoon sunlight lights up the noses of three BNSF coal trains sitting at Donkey Creek, Wyoming, on May 30, 2009.

Powered by a trio of SD40-2s, Canadian Pacific’s northbound wayfreight heads for Golden, British Columbia, at McMurdo on the Windermere Subdivision on the afternoon of July 15, 2011.