The "One" Cirque du Soliel Doppelmayr Cable Liner that runs as the Mandalay Bay to Excalibur express tram passes the Excalibur Casino.

After cresting at Erie, 8445 west now starts rolling downhill at Jean. The train is stretching across the desert along side Las Vegas Blvd.

A DPU helps shove KG1LA over the crest of the hill at Erie on it's way into Jean and eventually to LA.

KG1LA lugs very slowly uphill, stretching through a curve at Erie. All three motors roaring, keeping the containers filled with important stuff moving toward LA.

UP AC4400CW 6674 leads MNPWC west out of Vegas, passing the Rio hotel.

A member of the Union Pacific 8444 crew works on the brake system as the locomotive sits in the Las Vegas yard.

Caterpillar unveiled SD70ACe 1201 at the Minexpo trade show in Las Vegas today, featuring a new Cat-inspired demonstrator scheme. During its trip west, the unit was transported under a blue tarp.

Leaving Las Vegas... M-WCRO was my lucky win on my last railfan day in Sin City. Railfanning Vegas is very much like gambling most times you loose but sometimes you win.

We were lucky when by chance we heard UP 4027 west over the radio, we hurried into position at Apex which was challenging to get around a detour to photograph this train.

UP 8445 helps haul M-ROWC out of Las Vegas valley winding around the mountains on the south side of sin city above the community of Sloan.

Three EMD's haul the M-ROWC through the twisting route through Sloan a small community on the southern outskirts of Las Vegas. There were also two DPU's on the bottom. This was my first catch in V... (more)