In the late afternoon sunlight and scorching hot temperatures, Amtrak’s three hour late westbound California Zephyr rolls along the banks of the Colorado River at Shoshone Siding near Glenwood S... (more)

In the heat of the afternoon, Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr snakes through the Rocky Mountains near Dotsero, CO on June 22nd, 2018.

Heavy thunderstorms fill the sky across the Wyoming countryside as UP SD9043MAC #3663 and NS SD70ACu #7248 (an ex UP SD9043MAC) lead a westbound grain train down the grade and through the searchli... (more)

In the late afternoon sunlight, UP SD9043MAC #3663 leads a westbound grain train slowly up the grade on Track 3 at Harriman, WY on June 18th, 2018.

In the evening sunlight, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr races out of the Denver Metro area and through the signals at East Leyden on May 25th, 2018. The train is running just over 10 hours l... (more)

After waiting a few minutes for MOW crews to clear the tracks down at Rocky Siding, Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr descends Big Ten Curve and continues east towards Denver on May 25th, 2018.... (more)

A warm orange light fills the New York sky as an eastbound 7 local train approaches the 40th Street station in Queens, NY on May 20th, 2018.

In the warm afternoon sunlight, BNSF 659 (a Santa Fe Warbonnet) leads the Barstow, CA to Kansas City, MO manifest over the Santa Fe Railway bridge on Route 66 in Williams, AZ on May 7th, 2018.

As the Barstow, CA to Richmond, CA manifest lead by BNSF 7974 prepares to come to a stop at North Walong, a southbound BNSF Z Train can be seen in the background approaching Walong Siding on April... (more)

As the snow continues to fall on a cold February morning, BNSF 5971 leads an eastbound empty grain train past the Flagstaff, AZ train station on February 28th, 2018.

After waiting for an eastbound officer special to pass, BNSF 4579 leads the San Bernardino, CA to Atlanta, GA Z Train east through Bellemont, AZ on January 31st, 2018.

On an unusually warm January morning, BNSF 5435 sits patiently in the shadows on main 1 as BNSF 4507 races east leading the Los Angeles, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z Train on main 2 at Maine, AZ on ... (more)

Due to track maintenance near Mojave, almost all of the traffic on Friday was heading south… except for one. Here, UP’s West Colton to Roseville manifest meets a southbound BNSF stack train at... (more)

After snaking through the curves and tunnels around Caliente, BNSF 3874 leads the Modesto to Barstow manifest through the lush green fields near Tunnel 2 and North Bealville on April 13th, 2018.

In the mid afternoon sunlight, the roar of EMD and GE locomotives can be heard across the mountains as UP 8729 leads a solid boxcar train around the horseshoe curve in Caliente, CA on April 13th, ... (more)