On our way to the Salton Sea, we saw headlights at the crossing as we got off the highway in Mecca. This Eastbound UP intermodal train was on us pretty fast and is seen tearing East through doing ... (more)

UP 5413 leads a westbound manifest just outside of Marshalltown, IA

UP 7922 leads an empty coal train west just outside of Marshalltown.

UP 7491 (C45ACCTE) leads a freight north on the Greeley Sub through the refineries in Commerce City, Colorado.

An Eastbound empty coal train is seen soaring over Interstate 80 in Auburn as they begin their steep climb up to Donner Pass. The smoke in the air is thick from the several wildfires burning nearb... (more)

An Eastbound manifest freight is seen rolling down the hill into Reno at Verdi, Nevada near the state line just as the sun was coming up. The train which originated in Roseville, California has ju... (more)

An Eastbound Union Pacific intermodal is seen pulling up the steep grade Donner Pass through the snowsheds at Norden. This is a legendary location on the former Southern Pacific. The searchlight s... (more)

An Eastbound Union Pacific Z train is seen rounding the curves in Casa Loma above the American River Canyon. The smoke is thick in the air from the ongoing wildfires in the area, including the Dix... (more)

An Eastbound intermodal train is seen passing Gold Run on the way up to Donner Pass. The smoke from the Dixie Fire was thick causing the air to be hazy.

Colfax, California is a railroad town to the core, a legendary town first serviced by the Central Pacific Railroad and later the Southern Pacific. The railroad was also the southern terminus of th... (more)

UP 7694 (AC45CCTE) is lined to take the Moffat Tunnel Sub to the Colorado Rocky Mountains as soon as the signal tower shows green.

The 5,000th Evolution Series locomotive built by GE leads a southbound bound mixed freight past the Meridian Amtrak station on a pleasant Sunday morning. The train has a just been refueled and wi... (more)

The UP 5492 rounds the top bend of the massive Shawmut "S" curve as they effortlessly glide down the grade toward California.

Crawling down the street in Elizabeth, CSX train E808 has a variety of foreign power. A UP, NS and CP lash up lead this 130 car empty coal train on to be loaded at Bailey Mine and then return to W... (more)

A Union Pacific GE unit leads eastbound NS 23G through Shawsville, Va on a beautiful spring evening.