The fill that washed out
Thick fog is lifting off of the Flatirons west of Plainview, Colorado, as Amtrak’s No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs the Front Range of the Rockies on the ... (more)

A pair of Rio Grande SD40T-2s lead a mixed freight just east of Thompson, Utah.

SP's Potash Local rambles through a deep cut on the Cane Creek Branch near Seven Mile.

With Longs Peak looming at 14,259 feet, the Denver, CO to Tacoma, WA Stack Train led by a UP SD70M and patched SP AC4400CW (ex SP 182) creeps through the small siding at Highland. The train is slo... (more)

A Rio Grande GP60 assigned to work the Creede Local turns on the wye near the historic D&RGW roundhouse in Alamosa, Colorado. The sturdy brick structure that served both narrow and standard gauge ... (more)

A westbound BNSF stack train crosses the Clark Fork just east of Clark Fork, Idaho, on the morning of May 19, 2011. Three BNSF-lettered warbonnets lead the way, with EMD SD75M Nos. 8260 and 8296 b... (more)

ATSF freight at Palmer lake after sundown

On an incredibly still spring morning, an eastbound BNSF manifest freight crosses the Pack River Fill just west of Hope, Idaho, on the morning of May 19, 2011. This nearly mile long fill on Montan... (more)

Two sets of four Montana Rail Link EMD SD70ACes, along with a couple of SD45s and yard switcher GP9 No. 120 gather at the engine facility at Helena, Montana, on May 23, 2011. The SD70ACes are used... (more)

Amtrak #5 led by a UP AC4400CW rounds the curve between Eisile Siding and Plainview Siding near Coal Creek Canyon. Table Mountain in Golden can be seen in the background.

The Arctic Air mass is still in the area as snow from Wednesday is still on the ground with the Laurel to Denver Manifest leaving Boulder with the Front Range Foothills and Valmont Power Plant in ... (more)

Due to their second P42DC experiencing mechanical problems, a UP AC4400CW was tacked on the point of Amtrak Train #5 for the trip west. The train can be seen here climbing the 2% grade as they're ... (more)

It was 1997, Tennessee Pass had a new owner Union Pacific. On this day it still looked and operated like the Southern Pacific, as three almost new AC4400's tackled the 3%.....

A late-running Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, cruises through Grizzly, Montana, on December 23, 1998. The train is leaving the snow-covered Rocky Mountains of Glacier National Park behind on th... (more)

An eastbound Union Pacific coal load passes the detector at mile 22.6 west of Clay, Colorado, on October 22, 2012. The train is circling the mouth of Coal Creek Canyon on a 2% ruling grade with GE... (more)