On the way with DRGW 17

With storms passing to the east, Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, traverses rugged Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on August 4, 2014.

CP 5819 lead a trio of SD40-2s on the point of a loaded coal train heading west along the Fraser River in the canyon north of Yale, B. C. CN is on the other side with grain boxcars and a stray pas... (more)

CN 8919 leads an eastbound freight across Prairie Creek trestle at Hinton, Alberta about 9 am on the morning of July 8, 2014. This was the first of three trains to show up in a period of just over... (more)

A matching trio of former BN Executive SD70MAC's lead an empty Roberts Bank coal train over the jointed rail of Montana Rail Link's 10th Subdivision on a warm, albeit wet Winter morning.

The hottest train on the railroad. - You know it's hot when it's got foreign power (UP) on a foreign railroad (MRL) and only two cars behind. This was a "J" train special out of Fort Worth,... (more)

The hottest train on the railroad. - You know it's hot when it's got foreign power (UP) on a foreign railroad (MRL) and only two cars behind. This was a "J" train special out of Fort Worth,... (more)

From this vantage point it's easy to see how much elevation change this tank train has undergone as it moves off the original Santa Fe track and onto the ex-Rio Grande right of way. What isn't se... (more)

Gliding along Jasper Lake, VIA Rail train No. 1, the Canadian, is about to pass Windy Point west of Devona, Alberta, on July 11, 2014. Three EMD F40PH-3s power the 23-car streamliner through sceni... (more)

Surrounded by the mountains of Jasper National Park, VIA Rail train No. 1 passes Windy Point west of Devona, Alberta, on July 11, 2014. Carrying the markers on the 23-car stainless-steel streamlin... (more)

Livingston Peak and the snow caped Absaroka Range watch over Montana Rail Link's daily Laurel to Missoula manifest as it begins the hard 1.8% climb up Bozeman Pass west of Livingston, MT.

BNSF 5705 leads a loaded coal train around one of the numerous bends in the rail along Bozeman Pass, just west of Livingston, MT. In the distance, the 9,295 ft (2,833 m) point of Livingston Peak a... (more)

Seven Cascade Green Burlington Northern EMDs lead a mixed freight down Bozeman Pass on May 25, 1986. By the following year, this former Northern Pacific route will be run by the Montana Rail Link.

February 14, 2015. Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief #4 negotiates the twists and turns of scenic Glorieta Pass, on an unusually warm winter's night. Running approximately 5 hours and 30 minutes ... (more)

Union Pacific freight MDVPV (Denver to Provo manifest) chugs through some fresh snow approaching Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on November 30, 2006.