I happened to be in Moab, UT when a friend reminded me that the once a week UP potash local runs on a Friday, wait thats today! All my previous plans for the day were now pushed to the side as I h... (more)

Desert dawn on the D&RG. With a layer of mid-level clouds lighting up in spectacular fashion by the approaching sunrise, a Denver & Rio Grande passenger extra charges west over Ferguson's T... (more)

The 8am train from Antonito,CO nears its destination of Chama,NM behind K-36 #489 just after a brief snow/sleet storm

Antonito Sunset. After completing a day-long round trip to Osier with fans and photographers on board, Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. #1 "Glenbrook" and her running mate, Eureka & Pali... (more)

With a large lightning storm overhead, the Tuscola-based 200 job power sits quiet for the night.

On Sunday, September 3, 2021, Trains Magazine hosted a charter at Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad featuring Rio Grande Southern (RGS) 20 powering a mixed train. In an effort to experience sunris... (more)

An EMD SD70ACe leads the San Bernardino, CA to Alliance, TX Z9 train as it charges over the hogback at Antares.

Reflections of UP 4014 at Sharon Springs, Kansas. Photographers, admirers and kids of all ages showed up at Sharon Springs early in the morning to see the Big Boy locomotive and watch it leave fo... (more)

Rockwood!

Rounding Granite Point / Mini High Line / Elbert Creek, Denver and Rio Grande Western K-37 493 rounds the shelf track here above Shalona Lake. This charter train dep... (more)

At Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, on the final day of the "Victorian Iron Horse Round-up," D. & R.G. 168 arrived pre-dawn on the east end of the railway, having traveled overnight fro... (more)

Fields of Gold on the High Plains Route
Rare pre-dawn thunderstorms march on a line south easterly near Roggen. Just past sunrise above the ridge of the passing thunderstorms... (more)

First Light at MP 503
Racing the rising sun. I stand in the dark watching the light creep up from my wet vantage point beneath the super elevated curve between MP 503 and 502... (more)

Afterglow in the Czech countryside. Silhouette of steam locomotive #354.7152 of the CSD with a train heading to Kolesovice. The steam engines Class #354 were originally delivered as Class #429 t... (more)