Eastbound Builder crosses the Two Medicine Bridge.

Skiers watch the arrival of the ski train prior to heading back to Denver after a great day on the slopes.

The westbound CZ departs Fraser while the Rio Grande ski train holds the siding.

Shadows and highlights: Going vertical at Cascade Creek. The early morning sun casts the distinctive shadow of a K-27 Mudhen on the nearby hillside, as she rumbles slowly across the 137 ft.... (more)

Start the day right
Just after a crew member of Montana Rail link’s Paradise Local started up the two GP9s, smoke from the warming machines puffs into the cloud leaden sky at Paradise... (more)

Osier after dark. Free of the light pollution from modern civilization, the heavens above put on a spellbinding display over the old D&RGW water tank in Osier, Colorado. Backlighting by God... (more)

The day gas heads back to Missoula.

MRL's Gas Local squeals around the sharp curves just east of Perma on its way to Missoula.

Eastbound stack train rolls across the Clark Fork River just west of Thompson Falls on the MRL.

Westbound Union Pacific manifest freight MNYRO passes through Tolland amid the bright yellow colors of autumn in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains on October 3, 2008. Eight locomotives led by UP No. 70... (more)

An eastbound BNSF manifest rolls along the Clark Fork River while on the MRL. Part of the NP's original grade through the area can be seen in the foreground (the line was relocated in the late 195... (more)

Amtrak 3 descends into Raton, NM.

A MRL business train departs the impressive NP depot in Missoula for a trip to Dixon and back.

Can't beat this power for a work extra as a former GN SDP40 hustles its train west with a hint of fall color along the river.

The night gas local works up Evaro Hill west of De Smet at dusk. The SDP40 and geeps will be set out at Paradise for local service.