The Laurel-Missoula manifest climbs Mullan Pass behind a shiny pair of SD70ACes. The train moves mostly regional traffic between the two yards and the various locals that work the mainline and br... (more)

A westbound coal load assaults the long grade out of Woodside Utah. The amazing topography of the central Utah desert is truly incredible for a railfan and non-railfans alike.....

A westbound coal load crawls up the 2.4% grade deep in the Gooseneck Curve. This somewhat secluded horseshoe curve is between the Nolan and Kyune Tunnels in Price River Canyon.

Vancouver Olympic CP8876 muscles a coal train into the setting sun at Notch Hill, BC. The Huge 10 degree Horseshoe at Notch hill was part a massive 1970s-80s grade relocation project that lowered... (more)

Fresh Beaver recently applied to rebuilt AC4400 CP9117 looks fantastic, as it leads the charge upgrade with a empty Potash train along the banks of the gorgeous Thompson River Canyon. The ... (more)

Cascade Green Quartet! Coal moving over Mullan Pass behind four Cascade Green ex. Burlington Northern SD60Ms! The sound of big DC motors exploding out of Skyline Cut and over the Austin C... (more)

Rip-Rap A heavy train of rip-rap rock climbs the 2% grade out of Rocky Siding. The 8000+ ton train is set up 3x2 and is screaming in Run-8 as it passes our vantage point inside the Big-T... (more)

Tunnel 29 A westbound coal empty wraps around the 12 degree curve into Tunnel 29. The track then makes a northward turn on a 10 degree curve towards PineCliffe in the upper right of the ph... (more)

Colorado & Southern? Nope; it is ex DRGW 1523 built in 1976. I can find very little about why with was caboose was painted in a odd purple C&S scheme. I did find it was in Clovis, New Me... (more)

Rock Island Utah Railway 5004 crosses a dry creek east of Woodland, KA. The bridge is adorned with a worn Rock Island herald. The Rebuilt MK5000 still earns it keeps pulling the steep grad... (more)

La Veta Pass This light power is heading east up the 2.5% loop at Carr for the siding at Fir (upper left). The power will retrieve "hot" cars set-out earlier in the week for Coor... (more)

Cresting one of the many summits along CP's right of way in the Fraser and Thompson Canyons, CN 3028 crest the hill under brilliant morning sunshine. CN's RoW on the opposite side of the river i... (more)

Morning Tunder Storms are already building over the Southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Afternoon Storms will bring heavy rain to the refion. The sun is still shine however as the wes... (more)

AMTK 171 rounds Wooten Curve approaching the summit of Raton Pass. The grade just behind the train reaches a short section of a staggering 4%. The mountain does not pose much of a challenge for ... (more)

BNSF9193 pulls skyward on the 1.8% incline of Bozeman Pass. The heavy westbound coal load is headed for the coal super-port at Roberts Bank. While coal exports from some PRB mines have dipped sign... (more)