In the final minutes of golden evening light at then end of a beautiful fall day, the outbound Night Gas climbs Evaro Hill at Nagos as the sun casts a vibrant yellow on the grassy hills.

Over 8,000 feet of manifest works East with a trio of BNSF-leased SD45's, under the watch of the impressive Absaroka Mountains on a beautiful October morning.

BNSF HKCKSPO passes over the inlet for Trout Creek at Trout Creek, Montana, on October 1, 2014. Three leased Montana Rail Link SD45s (382, 319 and 328, now labeled SD45-2s) power the westbound fre... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local climbs the 2.2 percent mountain grade toward Harrison, Montana, over this scenic branch on the Sixth Subdivision. Usually operating only once a week to Harrison, th... (more)

The northbound CP wayfreight headed to Golden has two dash 2s and an ECO unit as they head north near Doyle, British Columbia. I felt very fortunate to be able to capture some classic CP units in ... (more)

Two days before my first day of high school, and as I was just getting used to my first non-point-and-shoot camera, we took a trip up to the Libby-Troy region for a weekend of shooting on the Koot... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train climbs the 2-percent grade between Rocky and Clay, Colorado, on June 30, 2007. Three former Amtrak F40PHs power the westbound train, which is a “summer edition” of the... (more)

It is already a week into spring, but you sure couldn't tell by the look of things on Marias Pass! On the last day of March, a westbound unit grain led by a pair of warbonnets drops down the west ... (more)

A pair of brand new ACe's led a southbound BNSF coal load through the Sag, a level area of track a couple of miles north of end of double track at CP Palmer Lake.

September 28 was the first full day of Chama Steam's Fall Madness, 4 days of 463 pulling a photo freight back and forth over the line. Unfortunately, this day was less than ideal weather-wise. Th... (more)

C&TS Train 215 drops down the 4% Cumbres Pass, having just crossed the Colorado-New Mexico state line for the final time of the trip. Because this train is 10 cars, it appears to still be coming ... (more)

September 27th and 28th saw peak fall colors on Cumbres Pass, and here it's easy to see why! C&TS 487 brings 10 cars down the 4%, just past the old siding of Coxo. The first 3 of these cars were... (more)

A normal train running up the 4% grade out of Chama is 7 cars. There are 4 coaches, a rider gondola, and 2 parlor cars. Occasionally, ticket sales increase to the point where some extra cars need ... (more)

Having just emerged from the fog, the eastbound Day Gas Local makes its way along the Jocko River between Ravalli and Arlee during peak fall colors. Despite it being 1:30 P.M., everything west of ... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western K-37 2-8-2 no. 491 leading an eastbound extra freight train up Cumbres Pass at Windy Point, New Mexico, in July 1961. Photograph by more)