The desolate silence is temporarily interupted by the whine of dynamic brakes, as three EMDs bring a cut of empty covered hoppers back from the Union Pacific interchange at Searles. The geologic ... (more)

Northbound Amtrak #14 - The Coast Starlight is running a couple of hours behind as it heads northbound along Klamath Lake on a clear morning in July. Only a couple of hours previous, passengers we... (more)

The light is fading fast as the MRVRO passes through the town of Truckee on a cold late afternoon.

An empty hopper train on the Craig Branch rolls throught the double S curves (Crater Loops) in route to the coalfields west of Steamboat Springs.

A loaded CN coal train passes an empty CP grain train in the narrow confines of Black Canyon. At this location, the Thompson River twists through an oxbow so tight that the only routing option av... (more)

Northbound V-P(Vancouver-PrinceGeorge) rounds the point at the upper end of the Pavilion loop as it makes the 30 mile 2percent plus climb out of the Fraser canyon at Lillooet.

As the late afternoon shadows encroach on Clover Creek Canyon, a westbound marine stacker rolls past the west switch of Richmond siding. After getting the photo and starting the trek back down to ... (more)

Taken on a typical dreary Oregon day from the overlook at Ruthton Park. There is lots of poison oak up there. The wait in the rain was worth it for this shot. Awaking early, I was hoping for blue ... (more)

All of the trappings of an icy cold winter's day surround BNSF Railway's Denver, CO to Provo, UT manifest a few miles west of Kyune. Mother Nature added fog into the mix this particular morning, i... (more)

A grimy GE leads the westbound Roper to Roseville manifest up Silver Zone Pass out of Wendover. Pilot Peak presides over Arnold Loop and the Pilot Creek Valley.

A southbound train of lumber rumbles down the 2.2 percent grade through the spectacular Cheakamus canyon.

As the morning fog begins to lift, the westbound Z train climbs the grade out of Coldstream Canyon at Andover.

Having just finished the 1% climb out of the Smoke Creek Desert, a westbound stack train winds its way down from Sand Pass towards California.

An eastbound UP manifest approaches some of the sharpest curves on the entire Los Angeles & Salt Lake mainline in Clover Creek Canyon, near the defunct siding of Little Springs.