CN SD70I No. 5606 leads an empty coal train off Yellowhead Pass through Geikie as it nears its crew change at Jasper, AB. This double track stretch often results in trains meeting each other or ev... (more)

Start the day right - This has meant that monday to catch the two GP9's - the motive power for the Paradise local - on their starting and warming up phase. #127 is freshly painted with the meatbal... (more)

Under a threatening-looking Montana (big) sky on May 19, 2013, two kids and their dad fish for trout from a small boat on Frog Pond west of Trout Creek, as an eastbound BNSF vehicle train rumbles ... (more)

Passing through Tunnel 40 along the Colorado River, an eastbound Union Pacific coal train traverses Little Gore Canyon east of Azure, Colorado, on August 21, 2014.

Amtrak No. 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, is seen through the clean dome windows of private car “Sierra Hotel” curving through Dotsero, Colorado, on February 3, 2002.

A westbound Canadian Pacific coal train snakes into Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on on a hot June 23, 2006. On the opposite bank of the Thompson River, an eastbound Canadian Na... (more)

CP 5818 threads an empty coal train around a tight S curve along the cliffs as it heads east up the Fraser Canyon east of Yale, BC.

CN train 347 rolls west at Snaring, AB along the Athabasca River towards Jasper in late afternoon light. This consist features a former IC SD70 as trailing unit.

CN train 186, double stacks, cruises downgrade off Yellowhead Pass at Geikie toward Jasper with rather beat looking CN 5743 trailed by an SD60F on the point. CN's out of the way crossing of the Ro... (more)

On the hot summer day of July 8, 2014, at Henry House, Alberta, the crew of Canadian National train No. 310 is on the ground to inspect the passing of CN train No. 343 at milepost 226 on the Edson... (more)

Starry night at Noxon
While camping, we set up our cameras on shore of the Clark Fork with the Milky Way and thousands of stars twinkling away on the moonless night of September 19, 201... (more)

Clash of Seasons: Sometimes the weather in Montana can be just downright absurd. Take for example this image, taken on Sept. 13, a full 10 days before summer is officially over, of an eastb... (more)

Westbound at Fir, Colorado, San Luis & Rio Grande 2-6-0 hauls a photo freight over La Veta Pass on September 20, 2007. Unfortunately, this former Southern Pacific locomotive hasn’t been in servi... (more)

About to enter Tunnel 39 and Little Gore Canyon, Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, is west of Azure, Colorado, along the Colorado River on August 20, 2014.

An eastbound Union Pacific coal train rumbles along the Colorado River through Little Gore Canyon east of Azure, Colorado, on August 21, 2014.