Six units roll a train through Weber Canyon. Photo by Kenneth M. Ardinger

Photo made with a fisheye lens shot at the very north portion of Arnold Loop. In the distance is Pilot Peak. Two exposures were made and combined in Photoshop to capture the full range of light ... (more)

An eastbound Rio Grande freight waits in the hole by the station at Thompson, Utah. After a couple of westbounds clear the single track east of Thompson, the train will proceed east toward Grand J... (more)

It's a busy morning at Winslow as BNSF 8201 queues up for a crew change. Both trains are eastbound, there are two eastbounds ahead of these two trains, & the small white dot in the distance behin... (more)

This stretch of nearly north/south trackage on Deseret Power Ry. is one of the only places you can shoot a morning, loaded train in good light. Wouldn’t you know there was a layer of thin clouds... (more)

Deseret Power Ry's morning train has finished unloading at the Bonanza Power Plant and is now accelerating up to track speed. The coal loadout is 35 miles ahead in western Colorado. This wide angl... (more)

This shot shows the late afternoon, loaded, coal train of the Deseret Power Ry. rolling downgrade as it nears the Bonanza Power Plant, about 3 miles ahead. This is a Wednesday and so the railroad ... (more)

Las Vegas local LUM42 shoves a military load north to Valley Yard. Shoving from mid train is a trio of SD40N's.

A eastbound freight makes its way into Flagstaff

An A-B-A set of GP9's rest with a train at Echo, Utah.

Crossing the 115-year-old, ex-Southern Pacific bridge that still spans the banks of the Salinas River for the Union Pacific Railroad, UP 2617 leads a late afternoon edition of the coast line's fam... (more)

A southbound intermodal train snakes through the desert north of Las Vegas. The train is about 10 miles from the heart of the Vegas strip. In the background is the Las Vegas Range mountains, part ... (more)

Amtrak 515 507 round the curve at Cosnino near the famous Route 66 town of Winona. I was always a fan of the paint job the 500's were delivered with. Railfan's liked to call them Cutter's (for res... (more)

A high priority Z-train for Memphis, TN makes its way through the Coconino Forest in Flagstaff, Ariz. after a brief snow storm that dusted the mountain with a couple of inches of snow. Taken on th... (more)

A Rio Grande coal train climbs the Palmer Divide approaching Palmer Lake, Colorado, on a sunny and warm February 24, 1986. The train is led by three EMD SD50s, and is helped by a SD40T-2/SD50 help... (more)