An empty crude oil train hugs the shoreline of the Clark Fork River as it traverses the stunning Cabinet Gorge on its way toward Missoula, Laurel, and points east.

Southbound stacks winding through Cable Crossovers, are entering the town of Tehachapi, and the end of the climb to the summit.

A loaded coal train is snaking towards Green River, on its trip to Salt Lake City (and beyond?). We were actually waiting for a train from Green River, but traffic only came from behind us. Fortu... (more)

The snow has been coming down hard all morning, but the clouds are lifting a bit as the Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon winter train departs Rockwood station.

Is there anything left to do at these iconic locations that hasn't been done before? Well, until you've been there yourself and shot it your way, yes! I love night photography. I have so much more... (more)

Heavily laden with lumber products from the Pacific Northwest, UP's eastbound QRVWCB ascends the Tehachapi grade while conforming to the Bealville horseshoe curve. Brand new UP ET45AH 2662 is bein... (more)

In a stunning display of winter mountain railroading, UP's Roseville to Roper manifest is finally on the move, passing an Oakland-bound stack train with a GMTX GP38-2 in consist looking a bit out ... (more)

ES44AC number 7364 leads a long string of locomotives on a westbound power move a few miles southwest of Burns, CO on January 23, 2016.

A summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train climbs the two-percent grade in the “Tunnel District” between Tunnels 16 and 17 in South Draw east of Crescent, Colorado, on June 23, 2001.

A colorful assortment of EMD and GE units pull a 112 car Roseville to Kansas City manifest freight through Gilluly on Oct. 5, 1996. A pair of tunnel motors can be seen shoving on the rear of the t... (more)

A Royal Gorge Route Railroad (then, Canon City and Royal Gorge) passenger train pauses near Hanging Bridge west of Gorge siding in the depths of Royal Gorge, west of Canon City, Colorado, on May 1... (more)

Looking down from hills surrounding Woodford, an eastbound BNSF UPS train battles up the two percent grade of Tehachapi Pass as it snakes around the Cesar Chavez Center on a one of the last days o... (more)

A quartet of SD40-2s are in dynamic braking as they descend the east slope of Rogers Pass over Stoney Creek Trestle with an empty unit coal train. My one visit to this famous location was quite an... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s MMISLAU curves through Bearmouth Canyon at Bearmouth, Montana, on September 20, 2008.

A Rio Grande freight howls through the curves as dynamic brakes hold back the train on the three percent grade of Tennessee Pass at Mitchell, Colorado, on July 20, 1990. SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor No. 5... (more)