Led by Rio Grande’s first Tunnel Motor, SD40T-2 No. 5341, an eastbound Rio Grande freight climbs the steep 3-percent grade of Tennessee Pass at Mitchell on a July 1984 morning. A total of 20,850... (more)

An eastbound Rio Grande freight climbs the steep 3-percent grade of Tennessee Pass at Mitchell on a July 1984 morning. A total of 18,600 horsepower of EMD locomotives is clawing at the rails with ... (more)

Fifty years ago on the shortest day of 1963, D&RGW 488 makes a gallant showing as it climbs out of New Mexico into Colorado with the 3rd Cumbres Turn. At Cumbres Pass the three sections of frei... (more)

BNSF 4191 pulls the Hill at Tunnel One on the Moffat Road. New Year's Eve 2013.....

Kicking up the heels
Now that winter’s icy grip has arrived, another scene from this past autumn feels a bit nicer and warmer. On October 2, 2013, at Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, Mon... (more)

All three of Montana Rail Link's F45s (390, 391 and 392; 393 was an IMRL unit at this point) are climbing Winston Hill approaching the top at Winston, Montana, with train LM on October 15, 2000. T... (more)

After climbing the 2% grade through Coal Creek Canyon, the MNYRO 27 (North Yard, CO to Roper Yard, UT Manifest) exits Tunnel #1 just south of Plainview. The train still has 29 more tunnels before ... (more)

The MNYRO 27 (North Yard (Denver), CO to Roper Yard (Salt Lake City), UT Manifest) is seen approaching the west end of Eisile Siding, formally known as Clay.

A wintry scene is evident last February at the West siding switch of Cliff as UP 7228 heads East into the siding with a loaded coal train as UP 6058 West holds the main.

Three not so good looking AC4400CW's lead the North Yard (Denver), CO to Roper Yard (Salt Lake City), UT Manifest after exiting tunnel #1 just south of Plainview, CO.

An east bound coal load for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Paducah, KY (CWETS 26) enters Tunnel 20 and will soon exit the tunnel and enter Tunnel 19 just west of Crescent.

A westbound empty coal train from Paducah, KY is seen just west of Crescent, CO as they are about to enter Tunnel #19 in the tunnel district. Gross Reservoir is just to the left out of the frame.

The late afternoon sun lights up this westbound empty coal train from Chiles, KY that is going through the canyon between Rollinsville and Tolland along South Boulder Creek.

A westbound Southern Pacific freight follows the Arkansas River at Granite, Colorado, on September 5, 1995. Two brand-new SP GE AC4400CWs, Nos. 340 and 345, power the train along the scenic Arkans... (more)

Denver and Rio Grande Western GP40 No. 3083 is the east unit on a helper set at Minturn, Colorado, in July 1984. Behind No. 3083 is a GP40-2, a SD40T-2, a SD45, and two more SD40T-2s. One track ov... (more)