The Sunday edition of the RUT611 is a healthy one. With 262 axles according to the detector. So over a 60 car train for these two SD50's. The train is rolling through an area refereed too Thanksgi... (more)

I got the chance to catch the Amtrak charger test train this morning. It's on the route of the California Zephyr, train 6. It was running about 2 hours behind the actual number 6 as train 952. The... (more)

Frontrunner is handling the evening commute along Utah's Wasatch Front.

I feel like I am working on borrowed time with Utah Railway's SD50S's. And probably even more so with Utah Railway's grey and red paint scheme. Two remain, and Utah Railway 6061 is found in the le... (more)

By far my favorite train to photograph these day. The Utah Railway RUT611 is a Provo to Ogden local, that runs three times a week. A train that in the year 2019 has two EMD SD50's earning their ke... (more)

A late evening Utah Transit Authority Frontrunner, lead by number 11. Charges northbound in the Jordan Narrows.

When I headed out on July 5. I knew the UP 1982 was coming. But I didn't know where it was in the consist, or if it would actually make it in the morning time frame I was going to be trackside. We... (more)

Union Pacific 6046 leads two GE tier 4's in southeastern Idaho.

I decided today to just get the shot I really wanted. Rather than taking the risk of trying multiples pictures locations and getting stuck in the massive traffic. Union Pacific 4014, and 844, thun... (more)

They will never look like this again. In what might possibly be their first revenue trip west C40-8W's 814, 842, 848, 844 are running elephant style, looking pristine. I'm not sure for the reason... (more)

It's a few months after the Burlington Northern, Santa Fe merger. Things still look and feel like nothing has happened on the Santa Fe. With a pure set of red and silver warbonnets in charge. But ... (more)

I can't think of much better than the memory of spending the day in Abo Canyon. Watching the Santa Fe parade roll by. While exploring the different picture options on the seven bridges. The Santa ... (more)

Santa Fe 9533 rush with a hot westbound into the LA basin. Meanwhile a eastbound pig train races eastbound toward Cajon Pass.

The beauty that was the Santa Fe, four locomotives all different. Rolling through the desert landscape, that has it's own unique beauty through out the route.

The Wyoming and Colorado was a fascinating railroad. Especially the way the line would loop back and forth to gain elevation. It made for some good exercise for the photographer climbing the hill... (more)