Seen from atop the rocks at Hermosa, an eastbound stack train is seen crossing the High Plains on an unusually balmy Fall day, with nary a breath of wind.

Just about to crest Logan Hill, as seen from the Steckley Road overpass, is another in the parade of coal trains, here in the heart of the Powder River Basin. The grading for a fourth main track i... (more)

A chance rolling meet on Crawford Hill as 9810 east slogging up the hill to Belmont, with its train wrapped around the aptly named Breezy Point, faces empties heading for another fill-up in the Po... (more)

Already running 2 hours late on a North Platte -Cheyenne ferry move, 'Northern' 844 charges out of Sidney after a brief scheduled servicing stop and meets the modern face of UP, ES44 7603. Unfortu... (more)

Running against the current of traffic on a one way street at the regulation 10mph and with liberal use of the horn, a southbound manifest for Denver makes its way down Mason Street. This was my f... (more)

Almost new SD70Ace 8520 leads ES44 5277 on an eastbound manifest in optimum light. Shadows from the cutting would be too long for the following train. The train has a considerable number of refrig... (more)

The exhaust from a three unit Crawford helper set (SD60M's 9233 and 9298 and SD75M 8283) climbs vertically as they assist the rear two DPU's (SD70MAC 8873 and ES44AC 6037) on yet more coal loads f... (more)