Off the siding near the eponymous town of Tie Siding, WY, elephant-style horsepower ducks toward the rathole of Hermosa Tunnels.

A brand new SD70AH (higher-weight SD70ACe) is DPU'ing an empty grain or potash or something down into Cheyenne.

UP 3081 hanging out in the back of Laramie's yard. Once a busy division point and a junction for the line to Coalmont, CO, there is little action here other than through trains ... The town stil... (more)

After a quick stop at Back Bay Station, MBTA 1074 pushes onward to South Station.

Empty coal headed up the BNSF Front Range Sub pauses on Owl Creek Siding during a fiery Colorado sunrise. Incidentally, unit #2 here is BNSF 9999, an SD70MAC.

Port job.

In pouring rain, D&SNG 481 chugs into the cut leading the train to the High Line above the Animas River Gorge.

Leaving town on a gorgeous Friday morning.

DSNG #7, "Big Al," a narrow-gauge GE shorty, relaxes on a Wednesday afternoon in the on/off rain. Long-ago closed mines on the hills behind watch over this town.

Returning from Silverton, on the last few feet of its journey on a glorious August evening. Hard to tell that it was raining and chilly all morning!

Climbing the Million Dollar Highway from Silverton south toward Molas Pass affords a couple quick views of the town of Silverton. Here, four of DSNG's steam locomotives are visible (three of them... (more)

Lubbock transfer/terminal railroad Plainsman Switching Company services BNSF and Union Pacific in Lubbock. Recently adding their own livery and jettisoning GMTX goblins, these two locomotives loo... (more)

A handful of GP38s from CIT, UP, and Ferromex sit with a GP20D on a quiet Saturday out in West Texas.

Southwestern 3588 idles in Artesia, NM. SW 3588 spent its early days as UP "fast forty" 8079, often wedged between DDA40Xs, racing between North Platte and Ogden. Now it's finding hones... (more)