My seven year old daughter is a massive fan of the Big Boy. When I mentioned the steam behemoth was going to be fairly close to home, she flipped out and begged me to take her. Friday after work ... (more)

Metra 211 F40PHM-2 is leaning into the high speed curve on the approach to the suburban station at Lisle, IL. This locomotive has recently been repainted into a CB&Q Zephyr inspired paint, and is ... (more)

I always thought the Burlington Northern Santa Fe got the merger paint scheme correct the first time , like that worn on these two -9 GE s. This westbound manifest is tackling the big horseshoe a... (more)

Clinging to the flanks of Eldorado Mountain and turning thru the 10 degree curve inside Tunnel 16... This westbound Union Pacific manifest heavy in frack sand blasts out of #16 as it continues int... (more)

MRL382 holds back the Missoula-Laurel Manifest early on a May Morning. Times change fast and the nationwide roster of 19060s EMD SD45 s is dwindling fast....

Early Evening shadows begin to close in on Price River Canyon bottom as a Utah Railway Coal train charges the 2.4% grade along Highway 6. There was once a center siding here at Nolan that allowed ... (more)

Pounding the rail above Lobato Trestle, a Learro Photo Special makes a splendid morning climb up the 4% grade. The train replicates a late steam Cumbres Turn. I thought the Friends of the Cumbr... (more)

This old filling station along old US30 has undoubtedly witnessed a lot of railroad history pass its picture windows. You can almost imagine a station attendant sitting on a stool glancing tracks... (more)

SLRG 18 pulls the last of the 2.5% grade to the summit of La Veta Pass. The iconic location on the original D&RGW railroad became a beehive of activity as the photographer's special made a photo r... (more)

BNSF7034 leads a morning manifest up the Moffat Road at Tunnel 1. The "V" made by the two mountains in the background is Coal Creek Canyon. A earlier attempt to breech the Front Range by the Denv... (more)

BNSF8075 glides down the 1+% grade of Winston Hill. The grade ends at the Missouri River at Townsend, Montana. While Helena may be the helper terminal for trains climbing the Continental Divide, ... (more)

A very clean BNSF 6310 leads a westbound coal load up the 2.2% east slope of Mullan Pass. The train is passing thru the rock cut on the approach to Austin Creek Viaduct. Mid-Train is manned 4 pa... (more)

The Pacific Great Eastern Railway built along the banks of the Cheakamus River towards Whistler in 1912. The railroad was extremely expensive to build and by 1918 the Railroad was bankrupt, with ... (more)

Shiny CN3166 and 100 Year Anniversary CN3882 lead a eastbound double stack train thru the scenic Thompson River Canyon. The two motors had lead a passenger special into Vancouver a couple days pr... (more)

The New Road and the Old. In the 1870's a trail through the British Columbia Wilderness was constructed to offer ranchers a way to move cattle from the interior near Lillooet and Pemberton... (more)