The eastbound Day Gas with a head-end pickup from Paradise approaches the summit of Evaro Hill with the larch on the slopes lit up gold.

During the peak of autumn color at Tolland, Colorado, on October 2, 2008, westbound Union Pacific MNYRO rumbles west with eight locomotives. Two EMD SD70Ms leads a GE AC4400CW, a EMD SD9043MAC and... (more)

Three BNSF GE C44-9Ws lead a westbound manifest freight across the Clark Fork between Thompson Falls and Belknap, Montana, on September 11, 2010.

Southern Pacific was only a short-time tenant on Tennessee Pass in Colorado. Originally a part of the Denver & Rio Grande Western, the line became a part of SP when the D&RGW absorbed the larger r... (more)

The Paradise local rolls west towards Thompson Falls. At Thompson Falls the local will switch the lumber mill and exchange empties for loads. It is amazing the Geep 9s survive in the shadow of th... (more)

Train 302 was the 5th of 6 eastbound trains in a row that came through Swan Landing late afternoon/early evening of July 7. This train was following VIA No. 2 the Canadian. It would be followed by... (more)

Yellow on yellow (or should we say Grande gold)
Three GE AC4400CWs pull an eastbound Union Pacific coal train through the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on September 24, 2001, ... (more)

On the longest day of the year, a perfectly timed unit grain train catches the first minutes of light as it traverses the northernmost mile on BNSF's northern mainline. Here in the Kootenai River ... (more)

A sliver of light illuminates the eastbound Empire Builder as its glides down Marias Pass.

The H1 GEs sure were nice when new. They fit right in on Marias Pass as they ease a loaded grain train west off the summit.

Traveling along the frozen Clark Fork, Montana Rail Link’s Paradise Local passes through Woodlin, Montana, on February 7, 2014. The local will switch customers on the Thompson River Lumber Lead ... (more)

Descending a 2.2 percent mountain grade into Jefferson River Valley and the junction with Montana Rail Link’s Sixth Subdivision at Sappington, Montana, is the 844 local on June 16, 2014. The sho... (more)

Heading east through scenic Lombard Canyon is Montana Rail Link 840, the Helena local, headed for some switching at Trident late on the afternoon of June 15, 2014.

After a major derailment involving Boeing fuselages shut down MRL's 4th Subdivision, the decision was made to reroute several heavy trains over the 10th Subdivision and Evaro Hill by using manned ... (more)

Before heading north to British Columbia I wanted to make sure I managed to capture a good shot of the west end of BNSF's Lake Pend Orielle bridge. With that accomplished it was time to head north... (more)