Just after sunrise, a UP eastbound skirts Barstow Yard on one of the two main line tracks.

Glowing in fresh Aspen Gold paint, Rio Grande caboose 01442 takes a breather at Provo Yard.

A railfan shoots video as NS 135 heads west along the NS S Line.

NS 135 leads a train up the steep grade through the loops near Old Fort, NC. In half a mile the train will finally reach flat ground as it continues on towards Asheville, NC.

Looking inside a working steam shop this view shows Strasburg Railroads shop is active on large scale steam as well as miniature steam. look where the pilot would be and you will see the small sca... (more)

None other than Rio Grande's first steel caboose awaits a call to duty in local transfer service out of Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. The 01400 was built new at Burnham Shops in Denver in 1940.

A relic even back in 1977, D&RGW Water Car X010885 awaits its next assignment in work train duty out of Roper Yard. The small tank car was built for the D&RGW in July 1915. If I knew then what I k... (more)

Passing by the B&O Roundhouse built circa 1866 and adjacent shop buildings, Q415 lights up the right of way and signals as it makes its way east as the near Full Moon is shrouded by clouds.

Lombard nocturne
At 11:07 p.m. on the night of September 11, 2011, a BNSF coal empty lights up the cliffs at Lombard, Montana, on the scenic Montana Rail Link.

D&RGW Switch Caboose 01393 awaits a call to duty at Rio Grande's Roper Yard in Salt Lake City. The heritage of this caboose is showing through the black paint, 'Denver & Salt Lake'. The D&SL merge... (more)

A District Line service emerges into the daylight as it approaches Barking station,in East London.

A heavy bulk train of finished lumber approaches the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon while ducking under Hwy. 6 just west of Gomex.

A classy Rio Grande Aspen Gold & silver caboose basks in the warm afternoon sun at Provo Yard. The D&RGW 01490 was built at Rio Grande's Burnham Shops in Denver in 1959.

A hot shot Rio Grande manifest from Pueblo, Colorado heads west through Provo Yard. The D&RGW's first wide vision caboose (still in factory delivered paint) brings up the rear of the train that in... (more)

A still life Kodachrome Transparency of Rio Grande's engine servicing facility at Thistle, Utah. All of the trappings of the steam age are present in this perspective shot in 1959, looking northea... (more)