Emerging from the clouds into a little sunshine, the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr approaches Tunnel 39 and prepares to enter Little Gore Canyon.

Before she was famous, and the last operating Rio Grande tunnel motor, 5371 earns her keep as she leads a freight across the Utah desert in the setting sun. Sure do miss taking trips to photograph... (more)

A westbound empty coal train led by Union Pacific ES44AC No. 5468 snakes along the Colorado River near Yarmony, Colorado along UP's Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on October 1, 2016.

Devil's Gate High Bridge. The centerpiece of the Georgetown Loop Railroad is the reconstructed, 300 ft. long, Devil's Gate High Bridge, spanning Clear Creek and the station access road. T... (more)

The 74th running of the Clinchfield Santa Train rolls through the Breaks at dawn in a drizzling rain. Soon the train will duck into the tunnel at Skaggs Hole and arrive at the 4th stop of the day,... (more)

In more years of railway photography than I care to recall, the happy coincidence of a steam train, perfect light and a rainbow have been decidedly elusive. How strange then, that this item from m... (more)

Colorado's Western Slope is home to gritty mountain railroading. Heavy trains, deep canyons and treacherous curves are common along this route. Here, a loaded coal train running 2x2x2 thunders thr... (more)

A one-car BNSF local out of Bend crosses the spectacular Crooked River Bridge near Terrabonne, Oregon, on the afternoon of September 28, 2016. Powering the diminutive train is BNSF GP38-2 No. 2093... (more)

On the joint CSX/WW mainline through downtown Winchester. The locomotives have just passed the former B&O Station and WW Headquarters on it's way to taking 28 empties back to Gore.

There’s no doubt that the highlight of the 1983 NRHS convention was the night photo session at Richmond’s famed triple crossing. Conducted by the late Jim Boyd, the scene featured a Chesapeake... (more)

The World speed-record lok crosses the highest trestle along Semmeringbahn. The sun rose up to the perfect height, shooting trough the morning fog. Some said that a modern train is inappropriate o... (more)

By the late 1950s the final chapter had been written for mainline steam in North America, with only a few exceptions, lines of dead steam locomotives awaited the scrapper's torch across the countr... (more)

Ex SP SD40T-2 #2006 leads an empty Trona Railway coal train, as it begins its journey to the Union Pacific interchange at Searles, CA. The days of coal trains on the Trona Railway are numbered, a... (more)

The 470 Railroad Club of Portland's annual charter train heads West passing under Route 302 at Cooks Crossing in Bartlett. The train will proceed West through Crawford Notch to Fabyan Station and ... (more)

On a stormy evening, a lengthy Union Pacific passenger special heads through Little Gore Canyon.