In anticipation of my return to Colorado from Alaska for a few days I thought I would post a few shots from around my former haunts. Colorado Springs can be a busy place as seen here with an empty... (more)

Sitting in Cedar Rapids is like taking a trip back in time, especially with a steam engine out the back window. The 261 has just lead another successful excursion and was spotted at the rear of t... (more)

The May 11 National Train Day Passenger Extra operated by the New England Central Railroad through cooperation with the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTRANS) and Vermont Rail System, is seen a... (more)

CAD rebuilt and freshly painted Canadian Pacific SD60#6262 ex-SOO #6062 is seen at the CP Montreal St Luc Diesel Shop. Photo taken with permission.

New England Central's sole SD40T-2, 3317, will receive its inspection this week and be released for service as the single orange GWI corporate unit for road trains 323/324. The unit is seen after... (more)

Diesel locomotive ChME3-3635 near train station Rostov-Glavny.

The final GWI-painted unit to roll out of the New England Central Railroad's shops at St. Albans, Vermont, under the hands of contract painters, was the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia GP9 1705.... (more)

GP40-2L(W) 8011, GP40-2 8016 and GP40-2(W) 8015 lead the Calgary section of the Rocky Mountaineer eastbound on the Shuswap Sub.

New England Central GP40-2CU 3015 (GP40-2L) and GP40CU (GP40) 3809 are idle on the Green Mountain Railroad's Bellows Falls Subdivision prior to the National Train Day Passenger Extra that will tak... (more)

Two old warriors head south along the Windermere Sub with air support from a couple of mallards.

The P&WV folded into the N&W system almost fifty years ago, but a handful of bridges along the line still carry the name of it's original owner. In the 'dead zone' between heavily the photographed... (more)

Down in the man made canyon of the Coors Brewery, C997 goes about the task of shoving 6 tank cars into the complex.

One of the highlights of Union Pacific's Ogden Subdivision is scenic Bear River Gorge. UP's daily Pocatello, Idaho to Salt Lake City, Utah freight tippy toes onto bridge 45.04 and through 211 ft. ... (more)

Although painted in Celite colors, this ex Southern SW1500 is actually NREX 8444. Usually behind fences and guard shacks on the property of a local mining company, the switcher is brought on for m... (more)