Last Light at Skyline Cut.... A coal train makes a dramatic last light appearance screaming upgrade at Skyline, Montana. The dramatic rock outcroppings between Skyline Siding and Skyline Trestle ... (more)

A Canadian Pacific coal load drifts down grade along the Fraser River. This location in White Canyon is scenic and treacherous. Unstable rock from the vertical cliffs makes rockslides here a near ... (more)

The sanders are wide open as the head-end of this grain train digs into the 10 degree curve of the upper horseshoe curve that rounds Iron Ridge.... The ancient cabins in the background are part of... (more)

A grain train struggles thru Austin on its climb up the 2.2% grade. The 4 blue MRLSD70ACE helpers can be shouldering into the heavy grain train. The curves, combined withe 2.2% grade make the clim... (more)

A grain train curves thru Austin, Montana on its climb up the 2.2% grade. Two venerable -9s lead the heavy grain load, mid-train 4 MRL ACEs can be seen near the curve on the right of the photo, an... (more)

2 MRL SD70ACe's lift a light Laurel, MT-Missoula, MT manifest up 2.2% grade of Mullan Pass. In a mile the train will duck into Blossburg Tunnel and cross under the Continental Divide.

Cold November Rain!!! Metra 100 stops on a cold dreary evening at Highlands Station. When I think of Chicago commuter operations this tends to be the image I think of.... cold, wet, dreary and j... (more)

UP8580 descends into Rocky as the train makes its way towards Denver. This high mesa was once the home of thousands of Arapahoe Native Americans who wintered here on the edge of Rocky Mountains...... (more)

UP8580 is in full dynamics as it drops down the 2%+ plank at Eislie (Clay), Colorado. The dramatic Flatirons rise from Great Plains in the background.....

Climbing the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains is a herculan task... The ex DRGW route requires steep grades and lots of curves. The manifest train pictured is leaving Rocky, Colorado and enterin... (more)

The Thunder Rolls! A westbound BNSF manifest screams west thru Tunnel 29, as a rare quick moving morning thunderstorm moves on my position... The front of the train twists into a 10 degree... (more)

Amtrak 3 leads the California Zephyr westbound at Tunnel 29. This location is where the railroad exits South Boulder Canyon.

Amtrak 114 makes easy work of the 2% grade as it skips towards Tunnel One on the Moffat tunnel Subdivision. This tranquil and famous railman spot along the Front Range will soon be surrounded by h... (more)

Deep in the Wild West of Wyoming a southbound manifest heavy in petroleum coke out of Billings, pulls Sheep Canyon, Wyoming. With several 4x4 vehicles, several cases of beer and good friends the ... (more)

Before the Fire Storm!!! Fires have broken out across British Columbia and this will be the last Southbound train on the BC Rail for about 2 months. This is known as the Grand Canyon of Canada, It... (more)