Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr climbs toward Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on the early spring day of April 9, 2001.

The Atlanta to San Bernardino Z train zips across the Happy Jack Wash in Havilland, AZ.

A light power move from Denver to Glenwood Springs snakes its way west through the splendid scenery of Byers Canyon between Hot Sulphur Springs and Parshall, Colorado on September 4, 2016.

Storms move east over the Continental Divide in the background as BNSF C44-9W No. 5273 leads a 4 hour and 50 minutes late California Zephyr with two Amtrak P42DC's trailing as the train heads west... (more)

Racing through the flat, straight stretch of track at Red Lake, GCRY 29 is framed between the spans of a barbed wire fence as it leads Train No. 3 under cloudy skies toward the Espee grade crossin... (more)

MRL SDP40 no. 290 rolls east on the point of an Eastern Washington Gateway "Scooter" grain train that originated in Coulee City, WA and will unload at an elevator near Cheney, WA for tra... (more)

BNSF 4096 leads an eastbound grain empty over bridge 55 at Trout Creek, MT on Montana Rail Link. Mild winter conditions prevailed leaving only light snow coverage and some open water in the region... (more)

MRL 382 leading the "ML" is seen paralleling the Missouri River in the stunning Lombard Canyon.

No. 489, pulling the regular 10:00 AM Train out of Chama, has slowed to a crawl as it passes a flock of sheep grazing in the high country.

I have long thought about getting a good photo at this location. Over the years I have had more than a few chances and captured a few decent photos but I always felt there was a better shot. It is... (more)

A trio of EMD SD70Ms pull UP's Salt Lake City to Long Beach Intermodal through the big cut just east of Erda on Sept. 2, 2016. The Great Salt Lake and Stansbury Island are in the background.

An eastbound BNSF manifest freight makes the curvy trip through Lombard Canyon between Toston and Lombard, Montana, on the afternoon of June 25, 2016.

With Grinnell Glacier in the distance, the sun sets on a railroad of sorts along the shores of Swiftcurrent Lake near Many Glacier Lodge in Glacier National Park. These rails are used twice a yea... (more)

The Empire Builder travels high above scenic Nason Creek through the Cascade mountains as it heads toward its next stop in Leavenworth.

It doesn't get much more "Donner" than this! (Except for perhaps some SP Tunnel Motors or Cab Forwards). Climbing the same grade that trains have been battling for nearly 150 years, an e... (more)